Loop quantum mechanics and the fractal structure of quantum spacetime

DOI10.1016/S0960-0779(98)00115-5MaRDI QIDQ1610001zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Stefano Ansoldi, A. Aurilia, Euro Spallucci

Publication date 18 August 2002

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

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

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)

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.

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