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Ultraviolet regularity from quantum gravitational indefinite causal structure

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2020-03-03 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory Quantum Physics

Abstract

Indefinite causal structure is generically present in theories of quantum gravity admitting a path integral formulation. We show that summing over causal structures eliminates ultraviolet divergences of matter QFT and resolves spacetime singularities using the non-perturbative World Quantum Gravity approach. Independent information-theoretic and model-independent considerations suggest that the mechanism of ultraviolet regularization by indefinite causal structure also applies to other theories of quantum gravity.

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@article{arxiv.2003.00562,
  title  = {Ultraviolet regularity from quantum gravitational indefinite causal structure},
  author = {Ding Jia},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.00562},
  year   = {2020}
}

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5 pages, 2 figures. Comments are welcome!

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