English

Time evolution as refining, coarse graining and entangling

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2014-12-16 v4 Strongly Correlated Electrons High Energy Physics - Theory Quantum Physics

Abstract

We argue that refining, coarse graining and entangling operators can be obtained from time evolution operators. This applies in particular to geometric theories, such as spin foams. We point out that this provides a construction principle for the physical vacuum in quantum gravity theories and more generally allows to construct a (cylindrically) consistent continuum limit of the theory.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.1311.7565,
  title  = {Time evolution as refining, coarse graining and entangling},
  author = {Bianca Dittrich and Sebastian Steinhaus},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1311.7565},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

35 pages, 8 figures; v2: explanations and references added, improved structure; v3 and v4: minor updates, accepted in New J. Phys

R2 v1 2026-06-22T02:17:32.670Z