Newtonian gravity in loop quantum gravity
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2010-02-22 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
We apply a recent argument of Verlinde to loop quantum gravity, to conclude that Newton's law of gravity emerges in an appropriate limit and setting. This is possible because the relationship between area and entropy is realized in loop quantum gravity when boundaries are imposed on a quantum spacetime.
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@article{arxiv.1001.3668,
title = {Newtonian gravity in loop quantum gravity},
author = {Lee Smolin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1001.3668},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
16 pages, small improvements to introduction and conclusion