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Classical space from quantum condensates

High Energy Physics - Theory 2023-02-10 v1

Abstract

We review the boson transformation method to deal with spontaneous symmetry breaking in quantum field theory, focussing on how it describes the emergence of extended and classical objects in such quantum context. We then apply the method to the emergence of space itself, as an extended and classical object resulting from the evaporation of a quantum black hole. In particular, we show how classical torsion and curvature tensors can emerge as effects of an inhomogeneous Nambu-Goldstone boson condensation in vacuum, in E(3) invariant spinor models with symmetry breaking.

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@article{arxiv.2302.04847,
  title  = {Classical space from quantum condensates},
  author = {Alfredo Iorio and Luca Smaldone},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2302.04847},
  year   = {2023}
}

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To appear in the proceedings of the conference DICE 2022: Spacetime-Matter-Quantum Mechanics, 19-23/09/2022, Castiglioncello, Italy (Journal of Physics: Conference Series)

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