A proposal for a Bohmian ontology of quantum gravity
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Publication:2015105
DOI10.1007/S10701-013-9745-1zbMATH Open1291.83116arXiv1308.6291OpenAlexW3104128809WikidataQ62041240 ScholiaQ62041240MaRDI QIDQ2015105FDOQ2015105
Authors: Antonio Vassallo, Michael Esfeld 
Publication date: 18 June 2014
Published in: Foundations of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: The paper shows how the Bohmian approach to quantum physics can be applied to develop a clear and coherent ontology of non-perturbative quantum gravity. We suggest retaining discrete objects as the primitive ontology also when it comes to a quantum theory of space-time and therefore focus on loop quantum gravity. We conceive atoms of space, represented in terms of nodes linked by edges in a graph, as the primitive ontology of the theory and show how a non-local law in which a universal and stationary wave-function figures can provide an order of configurations of such atoms of space such that the classical space-time of general relativity is approximated. Although there is as yet no fully worked out physical theory of quantum gravity, we regard the Bohmian approach as setting up a standard that proposals for a serious ontology in this field should meet and as opening up a route for fruitful physical and mathematical investigations.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1308.6291
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