Null geodesics from ladder molecules

DOI10.1007/S10714-023-03074-YzbMATH Open1528.83036arXiv2301.06480OpenAlexW4319066505MaRDI QIDQ6132922FDOQ6132922

Authors: A. Bhattacharya, Abhishek Mathur, Sumati Surya 

Publication date: 15 July 2023

Published in: General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We propose a discrete analogue of null geodesics in causal sets that are approximated by a region of 2d Minkowski spacetime, in the spirit of Kronheimer and Penrose's "grids" and "beams" for an abstract causal space. The causal set analogues are "ladder molecules", whose rungs are linked pairs of elements corresponding loosely to Barton et al's horizon bi-atoms. In 2d a ladder molecule traps a ribbon of null geodesics corresponding to a thickened or fuzzed out horizon. The existence of a ladder between linked pairs of elements in turn provides a generalisation of the horismotic relation to causal sets. Simulations of causal sets approximated by a region of 2d Minkowski spacetime show that ladder molecules are fairly dense in the causal set, and provide a light-cone like grid. Moreover, similar to the uniqueness of null geodesics between horismotically related events in the spacetime, in such causal sets there is a unique ladder molecule between any two linked pairs which are related by the generalised horismotic relation.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.06480

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zbMATH Keywords

discrete geometryquantum gravitynull geodesicscausal structure poset

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Causal inference from observational studies (62D20) Lattices and convex bodies in (n) dimensions (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C07) Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22) Molecular physics (81V55) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Algebraic aspects of posets (06A11)

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