Minimal length in quantum gravity and the fate of Lorentz invariance

DOI10.1016/J.SHPSB.2009.06.002zbMATH Open1228.81278OpenAlexW2080382659WikidataQ62047186 ScholiaQ62047186MaRDI QIDQ652774FDOQ652774

Authors: Amit Hagar

Publication date: 17 December 2011

Published in: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsb.2009.06.002

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zbMATH Keywords

emergence Lorentz contraction loop quantum gravity special relativity unification Lorentz invariance discrete space fundamental length inter-theoretic reduction

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Gravitational interaction in quantum theory (81V17) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45)

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