New directions in Background Independent Quantum Gravity
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
We discuss the meaning of background independence in quantum theories of gravity where geometry and gravity are emergent and illustrate the possibilities using the framework of quantum causal histories.
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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0703097,
title = {New directions in Background Independent Quantum Gravity},
author = {Fotini Markopoulou},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0703097},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
Comments 26 pages. Contribution to "Approaches to Quantum Gravity - toward a new understanding of space, time, and matter", edited by D. Oriti, to be published by Cambridge University Press