Background independence in a nutshell: the dynamics of a tetrahedron

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/22/14/008MaRDI QIDQ5315907zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Daniele Colosi, Luisa Doplicher, Winston J. Fairbairn, Leonardo Modesto, K. Noui, Carlo Rovelli

Publication date 12 September 2005

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0408079

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Gravitational interaction in quantum theory (81V17) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) General quantum mechanics and problems of quantization (81S99)

Abstract: We study how physical information can be extracted from a background independent quantum system. We use an extremely simple `minimalist' system that models a finite region of 3d euclidean quantum spacetime with a single equilateral tetrahedron. We show that the physical information can be expressed as a boundary amplitude. We illustrate how the notions of "evolution" in a boundary proper-time and "vacuum" can be extracted from the background independent dynamics.

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