Emergent Diffeomorphism Invariance in Toy Models

DOI10.1002/PROP.202300026arXiv2301.04448OpenAlexW4380149214MaRDI QIDQ6071985FDOQ6071985

Hrvoje Nikolić

Publication date: 29 November 2023

Published in: Fortschritte der Physik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Conceptual difficulties in semiclassical and quantum gravity arise from diffeomorphism invariance of classical general relativity. With a motivation to shed some light on these difficulties, we study a class of toy models for which one-dimensional diffeomorphism invariance, namely time-reparametrization invariance, emerges at the classical level from energy conservation. An attempt to quantize the models while taking the invariance seriously leads to toy versions of the problem of time in quantum gravity, of the cosmological constant problem, and of the black hole firewall problem. Nevertheless, all these problems are easily resolved by taking into account that the invariance emerges only at the classical level, while the fundamental theory that needs to be quantized is not diffeomorphism invariant.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.04448

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zbMATH Keywords

cosmological constantdiffeomorphism invariancetime in quantum gravityblack hole firewall

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum theory (81-XX)

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