Quantum gravity as sum over spacetimes

DOI10.1007/978-3-642-11897-5_2zbMATH Open1241.83002arXiv0906.3947OpenAlexW3099913368WikidataQ112176448 ScholiaQ112176448MaRDI QIDQ3172154FDOQ3172154

Authors: Jan Ambjørn, J. Jurkiewicz, Renate Loll 

Publication date: 5 October 2011

Published in: New Paths Towards Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A major unsolved problem in theoretical physics is to reconcile the classical theory of general relativity with quantum mechanics. These lectures will deal with an attempt to describe quantum gravity as a path integral over geometries known as "Causal Dynamical Triangulations" (CDT).

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0906.3947

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zbMATH Keywords

geometriesgraph theoryfluctuationsquantum gravitycausal dynamical triangulationlattice theoriesFeynman IntegralsDe Sitter spacetimeEuclidean quantum gravity in 2 dimensions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Black holes (83C57) Path integrals in quantum mechanics (81S40) Lattice gravity, Regge calculus and other discrete methods in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C27) Gravitational waves (83C35) Analogues of general relativity in lower dimensions (83C80) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory (83-02)

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