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Causal Sets: Quantum gravity from a fundamentally discrete spacetime

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2010-06-02 v1

Abstract

In order to construct a quantum theory of gravity, we may have to abandon certain assumptions we were making. In particular, the concept of spacetime as a continuum substratum is questioned. Causal Sets is an attempt to construct a quantum theory of gravity starting with a fundamentally discrete spacetime. In this contribution we review the whole approach, focusing on some recent developments in the kinematics and dynamics of the approach.

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@article{arxiv.1001.4041,
  title  = {Causal Sets: Quantum gravity from a fundamentally discrete spacetime},
  author = {Petros Wallden},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1001.4041},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

10 pages, review of causal sets based on talk given at the 1st MCCQG conference

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