Baby universes and worldline field theories
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Publication:5084129
DOI10.1088/1361-6382/AC37CDzbMATH Open1498.83014arXiv2101.12221OpenAlexW3213229075WikidataQ114096956 ScholiaQ114096956MaRDI QIDQ5084129FDOQ5084129
Authors: Eduardo Casali, Donald Marolf, Henry Maxfield, Mukund Rangamani 
Publication date: 23 June 2022
Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: The quantum gravity path integral involves a sum over topologies that invites comparisons to worldsheet string theory and to Feynman diagrams of quantum field theory. However, the latter are naturally associated with the non-abelian algebra of quantum fields, while the former has been argued to define an abelian algebra of superselected observables associated with partition-function-like quantities at an asymptotic boundary. We resolve this apparent tension by pointing out a variety of discrete choices that must be made in constructing a Hilbert space from such path integrals, and arguing that the natural choices for quantum gravity differ from those used to construct QFTs. We focus on one-dimensional models of quantum gravity in order to make direct comparisons with worldline QFT.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2101.12221
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