The Hartle-Hawking wave function in 2D causal set quantum gravity

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/33/6/065003MaRDI QIDQ2806014zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Sumati Surya, Lisa Glaser

Publication date 13 May 2016

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1410.8775

zbMATH Keywords

causal set quantum gravityHartle-Hawking wave functionquantum cosmology

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Ordered sets and their cofinalities; pcf theory (03E04) Path integrals in quantum mechanics (81S40) Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Computational methods for problems pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory (83-08) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Analogues of general relativity in lower dimensions (83C80) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

Abstract: We define the Hartle-Hawking no-boundary wave function for causal set theory (CST) over the discrete analogs of spacelike hypersurfaces. Using Markov Chain Monte Carlo and numerical integration methods we analyse the wave function in non- perturbative 2d CST. We find that in the low temperature regime it is dominated by causal sets which have no continuum counterparts but possess physically interesting geometric properties. Not only do they exhibit a rapid spatial expansion with respect to the discrete proper time but also a high degree of spatial homogeneity. The latter is due to the extensive overlap of the causal pasts of the elements in the final discrete hypersurface and corresponds to high graph connectivity. Our results thus suggest new possibilities for the role of quantum gravity in the observable universe.

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