Spontaneous Dimensional Reduction in Short-Distance Quantum Gravity?
Abstract
Several lines of evidence suggest that quantum gravity at very short distances may behave effectively as a two-dimensional theory. I summarize these hints, and offer an additional argument based on the strong-coupling limit of the Wheeler-DeWitt equation. The resulting scenario suggests a novel approach to quantum gravity at the Planck scale.
- Authors:
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- Physics Department, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA 95616 (United States)
- Publication Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 21371384
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal Name:
- AIP Conference Proceedings
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 1196; Journal Issue: 1; Conference: 25. Max Born symposium, Wroclaw (Poland), 29 Jun - 3 Jul 2009; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3284402; (c) 2009 American Institute of Physics; Journal ID: ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; DISTANCE; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROBABILITY; QUANTUM GRAVITY; RENORMALIZATION; STRONG-COUPLING MODEL; TWO-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; CALCULATION METHODS; EQUATIONS; FIELD THEORIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE MODELS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
Citation Formats
Carlip, Steven. Spontaneous Dimensional Reduction in Short-Distance Quantum Gravity?. United States: N. p., 2009.
Web. doi:10.1063/1.3284402.
Carlip, Steven. Spontaneous Dimensional Reduction in Short-Distance Quantum Gravity?. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3284402
Carlip, Steven. 2009.
"Spontaneous Dimensional Reduction in Short-Distance Quantum Gravity?". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3284402.
@article{osti_21371384,
title = {Spontaneous Dimensional Reduction in Short-Distance Quantum Gravity?},
author = {Carlip, Steven},
abstractNote = {Several lines of evidence suggest that quantum gravity at very short distances may behave effectively as a two-dimensional theory. I summarize these hints, and offer an additional argument based on the strong-coupling limit of the Wheeler-DeWitt equation. The resulting scenario suggests a novel approach to quantum gravity at the Planck scale.},
doi = {10.1063/1.3284402},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/21371384},
journal = {AIP Conference Proceedings},
issn = {0094-243X},
number = 1,
volume = 1196,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 2009},
month = {Tue Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 2009}
}
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