Causal sites as quantum geometry

DOI10.1063/1.2138043MaRDI QIDQ3438707zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors J. Daniel Christensen, Louis Crane

Publication date 16 May 2007

Published in Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0410104

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Categories in geometry and topology (18F99) Noncommutative geometry in quantum theory (81R60) Gravitational interaction in quantum theory (81V17) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45)

Abstract: We propose a structure called a causal site to use as a setting for quantum geometry, replacing the underlying point set. The structure has an interesting categorical form, and a natural "tangent 2-bundle," analogous to the tangent bundle of a smooth manifold. Examples with reasonable finiteness conditions have an intrinsic geometry, which can approximate classical solutions to general relativity. We propose an approach to quantization of causal sites as well.

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