2014/02/10 by Rachel A. D. Martins, Martins, Rachel A. D.
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Operator Algebra Research #FOS: Physical sciences #General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc) #Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1402.2082
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Applications to quantum gravity of some results in C*-algebras are developed. We open by describing why algebra may be an integral aspect of quantum gravity. By interpreting the inner automorphisms of a C*-algebra as families of parallel transports on a C*-bundle, we define a notion of generalised connection for C*-bundles, implying that C*-bundle dynamical systems can be used to study a Dirac operator's spectrum and also the generator of the modular group. The fact that their dynamics preserves the bundle structure, means that C*-bundle dynamical systems are relativistic systems. We describe a 2-category to unify Einstein's two uses of the phrase general covariance, give concrete examples and construct a generally covariant quantum system. Motivations include the point of view of virtual points hiding in fibres of a C*-bundle over X and that physical geometry is instrinsically non-local.