The soccer-ball problem

DOI10.3842/SIGMA.2014.074zbMATH Open1296.83007arXiv1403.2080OpenAlexW2109757178WikidataQ59245204 ScholiaQ59245204MaRDI QIDQ401264FDOQ401264

Authors: Sabine Hossenfelder 

Publication date: 26 August 2014

Published in: SIGMA. Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The idea that Lorentz-symmetry in momentum space could be modified but still remain observer-independent has received quite some attention in the recent years. This modified Lorentz-symmetry, which has been argued to arise in Loop Quantum Gravity, is being used as a phenomenological model to test possibly observable effects of quantum gravity. The most pressing problem in these models is the treatment of multi-particle states, known as the 'soccer-ball problem'. This article briefly reviews the problem and the status of existing solution attempts.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1403.2080

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zbMATH Keywords

quantum gravityquantum gravity phenomenologydeformed special relativityLorentz-invariance

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Special relativity (83A05) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05)

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