Friederich, Simon (2018) The asymptotic safety scenario for quantum gravity---an appraisal. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics, 63. pp. 65-73. ISSN 1355-2198
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The paper has three main aims: first, to make the asymptotic safety-based approach to quantum gravity better known to the community of researchers in the history and philosophy of modern physics by outlining its motivation, core tenets, and achievements so far; second, to preliminarily elucidate the finding that, according to the asymptotic safety scenario, space-time has fractal dimension 2 at short length scales; and, third, to provide the basis for a methodological appraisal of the asymptotic safety-based approach to quantum gravity in the light of the Kuhnian criteria of theory choice.
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| Keywords: | Quantum gravity, renormalization, asymptotic safety, dimensionality | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > History of Philosophy of Science Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Gravity Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Field Theory |
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| Depositing User: | Dr. Simon Friederich | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 05 Jan 2020 10:24 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 05 Jan 2020 10:24 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 16786 | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics | ||||||
| Publisher: | Elsevier | ||||||
| DOI or Unique Handle: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsb.2017.12.001 | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > History of Philosophy of Science Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Gravity Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Field Theory |
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| Date: | August 2018 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 65-73 | ||||||
| Volume: | 63 | ||||||
| ISSN: | 1355-2198 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/16786 |
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