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Quantum states for a minimum-length spacetime

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2022-10-12 v2

Abstract

Starting from some results regarding the form of the Ricci scalar at a point PP in a spacetime endowed with a minimum distance, we investigate how they might be accommodated, specifically for the case of null separations, in a as-simple-as-possible quantum structure for spacetime at PP, and we try to accomplish this in terms of potentially operationally-defined concepts. In so doing, we provide a possible explicit form for the operator expressing the Ricci scalar as a quantum observable, and give quantum-informational support, thus regardless of or before field equations, to associating with a patch of horizon an entropy proportional to its area.

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@article{arxiv.2105.07764,
  title  = {Quantum states for a minimum-length spacetime},
  author = {Alessandro Pesci},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2105.07764},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

v2: 14 pages, some editing/clarifications, references added

R2 v1 2026-06-24T02:10:34.816Z