Towards a background independent approach to M theory
High Energy Physics - Theory
2015-06-26 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Abstract
Work in progress is described which aims to construct a background independent formulation of M theory by extending results about background independent states and observables from quantum general relativity and supergravity to string theory. A list of principles for such a theory is proposed which is drawn from results of both string theory and background independent approaches to quantum gravity. Progress is reported on a background independent membrane field theory and on a realization of the holographic principle based on finite surfaces.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/9808192,
title = {Towards a background independent approach to M theory},
author = {Lee Smolin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9808192},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
21 pages, LATEX, no figures. Contribution to a special issue of Chaos, Solitons and Fractals on " Superstrings, M,F,S....Theory"