Inference of boundaries in causal sets

DOI10.1088/1361-6382/AAADC4zbMATH Open1391.83042arXiv1710.09705OpenAlexW2766716741WikidataQ59748424 ScholiaQ59748424MaRDI QIDQ3177400FDOQ3177400

William J. Cunningham

Publication date: 25 July 2018

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We investigate the extrinsic geometry of causal sets in $(1+1)$-dimensional Minkowski spacetime. The properties of boundaries in an embedding space can be used not only to measure observables, but also to supplement the discrete action in the partition function via discretized Gibbons-Hawking-York boundary terms. We define several ways to represent a causal set using overlapping subsets, which then allows us to distinguish between null and non-null bounding hypersurfaces in an embedding space. We discuss algorithms to differentiate between different types of regions, consider when these distinctions are possible, and then apply the algorithms to several spacetime regions. Numerical results indicate the volumes of timelike boundaries can be measured to within $0.5\mathrm{\%}$ accuracy for flat boundaries and within $10\mathrm{\%}$ accuracy for highly curved boundaries for medium-sized causal sets with $N=2^{14}$ spacetime elements.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.09705

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zbMATH Keywords

algorithmscomputational geometryquantum gravitycausal setsspacetime geometryGibbons-Hawking-York boundary terms

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Continuous lattices and posets, applications (06B35)

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