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We investigate several problems in relativity and particle physics where symmetries play a central role; in all cases geometric properties of Lie groups and their quotients are related to physical effects. The first part is concerned with…

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We isolate a geometric mechanism that complements the dynamical suppression of macroscopic interference: In a high-dimensional Hilbert space, almost all state vectors are nearly orthogonal, accommodating an exponentially large reservoir of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-06 Karl Svozil

The synthesis of quantum and gravitational physics is sought through a finite, realistic, locally causal theory where gravity plays a vital role not only during decoherent measurement but also during non-decoherent unitary evolution.…

General Physics · Physics 2017-09-04 T. N. Palmer

This essay aims to summarize the main physical features arising from a new supersymmetric theory of gravitation. Based on preliminary discussions about classical field theory, cosmology, algebra and group theory, and taking formal results…

General Physics · Physics 2012-08-28 Nilo Serpa

We introduce a novel formulation for geometry on discrete points. It is based on a universal differential calculus, which gives a geometric description of a discrete set by the algebra of functions. We expand this mathematical framework so…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2020-02-11 Yuuya Takayama

The present work aims to search for an implementation of new symmetries in the space-time in order to enable us to find a connection between electrodynamics and gravitation, from where quantum principles naturally emerge. To do that, first…

General Physics · Physics 2009-12-03 Claudio Nassif

Geometric phase plays a fundamental role in quantum theory and accounts for wide phenomena ranging from the Aharanov-Bohm effect, the integer and fractional quantum hall effects, and topological phases of matter, including topological…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-09-13 Vikash Mittal

In this paper, starting from the common foundation of Connes' noncommutative geometry (NCG) [1,2,3,4], various possible alternatives in the formulation of a theory of gravity in noncommutative spacetime are discussed in detail. The…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Nguyen Ai Viet

Over the last decade a growing number of quantum-gravity researchers has been looking for opportunities for the first ever experimental evidence of a Planck-length quantum property of spacetime. These studies are usually based on the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-09-24 Giovanni Amelino-Camelia

One of the most significant debates of our time is whether our macroscopic world (i) naturally emerges from quantum mechanics or (ii) requires new physics. We argue for the latter and propose a simple gravitational self-decoherence…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-01 Gabriel H. S. Aguiar , George E. A. Matsas

By assuming that the geometry of spacetime is uniquely determined by the energy momentum tensor of matter alone, i.e. without any interactions, enables us to construct the Lagrangian from which the metric of higher dimensional spacetime…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-04-09 L Horoto , F G Scholtz

Familiar textbook quantum mechanics assumes a fixed background spacetime to define states on spacelike surfaces and their unitary evolution between them. Quantum theory has changed as our conceptions of space and time have evolved. But…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-06-09 James B. Hartle

Recent development in noncommutative geometry generalization of gauge theory is reviewed. The mathematical apparatus is reduced to minimum in order to allow the non-mathematically oriented physicists to follow the development in the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Jan Sladkowski

Less explored than their metric (Riemannian) counterparts, metric-affine (or Palatini) theories bring an unexpected phenomenology for gravitational physics beyond General Relativity. Lessons of crystalline structures, where the presence of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-07-31 Gonzalo J. Olmo , D. Rubiera-Garcia

The physical world is quantum. However, our description of the quantum physics still relies much on concepts in classical physics and in some cases with `quantized' interpretations. The most important case example is that of spacetime. We…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-09-13 Otto C. W. Kong

In this letter we briefly investigate the mathematical structure of space-time in the framework of discretization. It is shown that the discreteness of space-time may result in a new mechanical system which differ from the usual quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-03-29 An-Wei Zhang

General relativity is a mathematical model that uses sophisticated geometry to describe simple physics. It agrees with experiment in the few tests that can be made, but the whole edifice is not physics. Instead of using observations to test…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Robert L. Kurucz

We present a theory of discontinuous motion of particles in continuous space-time. We show that the simplest nonrelativistic evolution equation of such motion is just the Schroedinger equation in quantum mechanics. This strongly implies…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Rui Qi

The dark matter and dark energy problem, that is now dominating the research in cosmology, makes the question of the origin of mass-energy content of the universe more urgent than ever. There are two philosophies regarding this question:…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-01-27 T. Miller , M. Heller

Lattice spinor gravity is a proposal for regularized quantum gravity based on fermionic degrees of freedom. In our lattice model the local Lorentz symmetry is generalized to complex transformation parameters. The difference between space…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-04 C. Wetterich