Background independence in a nutshell: the dynamics of a tetrahedron

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/22/14/008zbMATH Open1129.81331arXivgr-qc/0408079OpenAlexW2158281425WikidataQ55899469 ScholiaQ55899469MaRDI QIDQ5315907FDOQ5315907

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)

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.

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

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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