Loop quantum mechanics and the fractal structure of quantum spacetime

DOI10.1016/S0960-0779(98)00115-5zbMATH Open0997.81100arXivhep-th/9803229OpenAlexW3103056961WikidataQ125134297 ScholiaQ125134297MaRDI QIDQ1610001FDOQ1610001

Authors: Stefano Ansoldi, A. Aurilia, Euro Spallucci 

Publication date: 18 August 2002

Published in: Chaos, Solitons and Fractals (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We discuss the relation between string quantization based on the Schild path integral and the Nambu-Goto path integral. The equivalence between the two approaches at the classical level is extended to the quantum level by a saddle--point evaluation of the corresponding path integrals. A possible relationship between M-Theory and the quantum mechanics of string loops is pointed out. Then, within the framework of ``loop quantum mechanics, we confront the difficult question as to what exactly gives rise to the structure of spacetime. We argue that the large scale properties of the string condensate are responsible for the effective Riemannian geometry of classical spacetime. On the other hand, near the Planck scale the condensate ``evaporates, and what is left behind is a ``vacuum characterized by an effective fractal geometry.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9803229

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zbMATH Keywords

string quantizationeffective geometryNambu-Goto path integralRiemannian geometry of classical spacetimesaddle-point evaluationSchild path integralstring loops

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fractals (28A80) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30) Path integrals in quantum mechanics (81S40)

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