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A new duality between Topological M-theory and Loop Quantum Gravity

High Energy Physics - Theory 2017-07-19 v1

Abstract

Inspired by the long wave-length limit of topological M-theory, which re-constructs the theory of 3+13+1D gravity in the self-dual variables' formulation, we conjecture the existence of a duality between Hilbert spaces, the H{\bf H}-duality, to unify topological M-theory and loop quantum gravity (LQG). By H{\bf H}-duality non-trivial gravitational holonomies of the kinematical Hilbert space of LQG correspond to space-like M-branes. The spinfoam approach captures the non-perturbative dynamics of space-like M-branes, and can be claimed to be dual to the S-branes foam. The Hamiltonian constraint dealt with in LQG is reinterpreted as a quantum superposition of SM-brane nucleations and decays.

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@article{arxiv.1707.05347,
  title  = {A new duality between Topological M-theory and Loop Quantum Gravity},
  author = {Andrea Addazi and Antonino Marciano},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1707.05347},
  year   = {2017}
}
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