1998/08/31 by Lee Smolin
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Non-critical string theory #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories #Observable #Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect #Quantum field theory #Quantum gravity #Realization (probability) #Relationship between string theory and quantum field theory #String (physics) #String theory #Supergravity #gr-qc #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/s0960-0779(98)00206-9
21 pages, LATEX, no figures. Contribution to a special issue of Chaos, Solitons and Fractals on " Superstrings, M,F,S....Theory"
arxiv created 1998/08/31 · openalex publication_date 1999/02/01 · arxiv updated 2015/06/26 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
Work in progress is described which aims to construct a background independent formulation of M theory by extending results about background independent states and observables from quantum general relativity and supergravity to string theory. A list of principles for such a theory is proposed which is drawn from results of both string theory and background independent approaches to quantum gravity. Progress is reported on a background independent membrane field theory and on a realization of the holographic principle based on finite surfaces.