Dimension and dimensional reduction in quantum gravity

DOI10.1088/1361-6382/AA8535zbMATH Open1373.83002arXiv1705.05417OpenAlexW3098901033MaRDI QIDQ4592789FDOQ4592789

Authors: Steven Carlip 

Publication date: 8 November 2017

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

Abstract: A number of very different approaches to quantum gravity contain a common thread, a hint that spacetime at very short distances becomes effectively two dimensional. I review this evidence, starting with a discussion of the physical meaning of "dimension" and concluding with some speculative ideas of what dimensional reduction might mean for physics.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1705.05417

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zbMATH Keywords

dimensional reductionquantum gravitydimensional estimators

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Kaluza-Klein and other higher-dimensional theories (83E15) 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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