A tale of two actions a variational principle for two-dimensional causal sets

DOI10.1088/1361-6382/ABE6B7zbMATH Open1481.83042arXiv2010.12985OpenAlexW3133116352MaRDI QIDQ5163362FDOQ5163362

B. B. Pilgrim, Luca Bombelli

Publication date: 3 November 2021

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

Abstract: In this paper we will explore two different proposals for the action for causal sets: the Benincasa-Dowker action and a modified version of the chain action. We propose a variational principle for two-dimensional causal sets and use it for both actions to determine which causal sets at least on average satisfy a discrete version of the Einstein equation. Specifically, we test this method on causal sets embedded in 2d Minkowski, de Sitter, and anti-de Sitter spacetimes and compare these results to the most prominent nonmanifoldlike causal sets, Kleitman-Rothschild causal sets.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2010.12985

zbMATH Keywords

quantum gravitycausal setsdiscretized gravity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Causal inference from observational studies (62D20) Exact enumeration problems, generating functions (05A15) Thermodynamic formalism, variational principles, equilibrium states for dynamical systems (37D35) Exact solutions to problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C15) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Classical dynamic and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82C05) Lattice gravity, Regge calculus and other discrete methods in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C27) Minkowski geometries in nonlinear incidence geometry (51B20)

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