Spacetime discreteness, Lorentz invariance and locality

被引:8
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作者
Dowker, Fay [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, Blackett Lab, London SW7 2AZ, England
关键词
CAUSAL SET; TIME; TOPOLOGY;
D O I
10.1088/1742-6596/306/1/012016
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
If spacetime is fundamentally discrete, as many workers on quantum gravity suspect, then continuum symmetries such as Lorentz invariance are imperilled. Lorentz symmetry can nevertheless be compatible with spacetime atomicity but the price is locality. Indeed, causal sets are discrete and Lorentz invariant but highly nonlocal. The question becomes: can the nonlocality be tamed far enough to allow known local physics to emerge at large distances? We give evidence that the answer to this question is yes.
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