Teh, Nicholas (2013) Holography and Emergence. [Preprint]

Preview

PDF Holography_and_Emergence.pdf Download (582kB)

Abstract

In this paper, I discuss one form of the idea that spacetime and gravity might ‘emerge’ from quantum theory, i.e. via a holographic duality, and in particular via AdS/CFT duality. I begin by giving a survey of the general notion of duality, as well as its connection to emergence. I then review the AdS/CFT duality and proceed to discuss emergence in this context. We will see that it is difficult to find compelling arguments for the emergence of full quantum gravity from gauge theory via AdS/CFT, i.e. for the boundary theory’s being metaphysically more fundamental than the bulk theory.

---

Export/Citation:

EndNote | BibTeX | Dublin Core | ASCII/Text Citation (Chicago) | HTML Citation | OpenURL

Social Networking:

Share |

---

Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Teh, Nicholas njywt2@cam.ac.uk
Keywords:	holography, quantum gravity, philosophy of duality, theoretical equivalence, AdS/CFT, gauge theory
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Field Theory
Depositing User:	Dr Nicholas Teh
Date Deposited:	19 Oct 2013 11:22
Last Modified:	19 Oct 2013 11:22
Item ID:	10053
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Field Theory
Date:	18 October 2013
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/10053

Monthly Views for the past 3 years

Monthly Downloads for the past 3 years

Plum Analytics

Actions (login required)

View Item