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The Bronstein hypercube of quantum gravity

Oriti, Daniele (2018) The Bronstein hypercube of quantum gravity. [Preprint]

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We argue for enlarging the traditional view of quantum gravity, based on ‘quantizing GR’, to include explicitly the non-spatiotemporal nature of the fundamental building blocks suggested by several modern quantum gravity approaches (and some semi-classical arguments), and to focus more on the issue of the emergence of continuum spacetime and geometry from their collective dynamics. We also discuss some recent developments in quantum gravity research, aiming at realising these ideas, in the context of group field theory, random tensor models, simplicial quantum gravity, loop quantum gravity, spin foam models.


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Oriti, Danieledaniele.oriti@aei.mpg.de0000-0002-2004-7063
Additional Information: 24 pages, 2 figures; invited contribution to: Huggett, N., Matsubara, K. & Wuethrich, C. (Eds.) (2019). Beyond Spacetime: The Foundations of Quantum Gravity (provisional title). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: quantum gravity, philosophy of physics, emergent spacetime
Subjects: Specific Sciences > Physics > Condensed Matter
Specific Sciences > Physics > Cosmology
Specific Sciences > Physics > Fields and Particles
Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Gravity
Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Field Theory
Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory
Depositing User: Dr Daniele Oriti
Date Deposited: 07 Mar 2018 15:21
Last Modified: 07 Mar 2018 15:21
Item ID: 14440
Subjects: Specific Sciences > Physics > Condensed Matter
Specific Sciences > Physics > Cosmology
Specific Sciences > Physics > Fields and Particles
Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Gravity
Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Field Theory
Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory
Date: 2018
URI: https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/14440

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