New directions in Background Independent Quantum Gravity

2007/03/20 by Fotini Markopoulou, Markopoulou, Fotini
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #FOS: Physical sciences #General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc) #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories #Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect #gr-qc

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.gr-qc/0703097

Comments 26 pages. Contribution to "Approaches to Quantum Gravity - toward a new understanding of space, time, and matter", edited by D. Oriti, to be published by Cambridge University Press

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Abstract

We discuss the meaning of background independence in quantum theories of gravity where geometry and gravity are emergent and illustrate the possibilities using the framework of quantum causal histories.

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