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How to detect an anti-spacetime

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2015-06-05 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

Is it possible, in principle, to measure the sign of the Lapse? We show that fermion dynamics distinguishes spacetimes having the same metric but different tetrads, for instance a Lapse with opposite sign. This sign might be a physical quantity not captured by the metric. We discuss its possible role in quantum gravity.

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@article{arxiv.1206.3903,
  title  = {How to detect an anti-spacetime},
  author = {Marios Christodoulou and Aldo Riello and Carlo Rovelli},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1206.3903},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

Article awarded with an "Honorable Mention" from the 2012 Gravity Foundation Award. 6 pages, 8 (pretty) figures

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