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Nature does not play dice at the Planck scale

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2020-11-09 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory Quantum Physics

Abstract

We start from classical general relativity coupled to matter fields. Each configuration variable and its conjugate momentum, as also space-time points, are raised to the status of matrices [equivalently operators]. These matrices obey a deterministic Lagrangian dynamics at the Planck scale. By coarse-graining this matrix dynamics over time intervals much larger than Planck time, one derives quantum theory as a low energy emergent approximation. If a sufficiently large number of degrees of freedom get entangled, spontaneous localisation takes place, leading to the emergence of classical space-time geometry and a classical universe. In our theory, dark energy is shown to be a large-scale quantum gravitational phenomenon. Quantum indeterminism is not fundamental, but results from our not probing physics at the Planck scale.

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@article{arxiv.2005.06427,
  title  = {Nature does not play dice at the Planck scale},
  author = {Tejinder P. Singh},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2005.06427},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

v2: 8 pages; Typo corrected, Honourable mention, GRF essay contest 2020. Accepted for publication in Int. J. Mod. Phys. D

R2 v1 2026-06-23T15:31:15.288Z