QUANTUM STRUCTURE OF GEOMETRY: LOOPY AND FUZZY?

DOI10.1142/S0218271808012115zbMATH Open1151.83324arXiv0705.2440OpenAlexW3101119934WikidataQ57564362 ScholiaQ57564362MaRDI QIDQ3532158FDOQ3532158

Authors: Alejandro Corichi, José A. Zapata 

Publication date: 3 November 2008

Published in: International Journal of Modern Physics D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In any attempt to build a quantum theory of gravity, a central issue is to unravel the structure of space-time at the smallest scale. Of particular relevance is the possible definition of coordinate functions within the theory and the study of their algebraic properties, such as non-commutativity. Here we approach this issue from the perspective of loop quantum gravity and the picture of quantum geometry that the formalism offers. In particular, as we argue here, this emerging picture has two main elements: i) The nature of the quantum geometry at Planck scale is one-dimensional, polymeric with quantized geometrical quantities and; ii) Appropriately defined operators corresponding to coordinates by means of intrinsic, relational, constructions become non-commuting. This particular feature of the operators, that operationally localize points on space, gives rise to an emerging geometry that is also, in a precise sense, fuzzy.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0705.2440

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zbMATH Keywords

quantum gravitynoncommutativityquantum geometry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Methods of noncommutative geometry in general relativity (83C65) Geometrodynamics and the holographic principle (83E05)

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• The spacetime picture in quantum gravity
• Some consequences of spacetime fuzziness
• Loop quantum mechanics and the fractal structure of quantum spacetime
• NONCOMMUTATIVE BLACK HOLES, THE FINAL APPEAL TO QUANTUM GRAVITY: A REVIEW

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