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The theory of causal fermion systems is an approach to describe fundamental physics. We here introduce the mathematical framework and give an overview of the objectives and current results.

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-05-19 Felix Finster

This paper is dedicated to give a concise introduction to the theory of causal fermion systems. After putting the theory of causal fermion systems into the historical context, we recall fundamental physical preliminaries. Afterwards, we…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-11-16 Christoph Langer

This textbook introduces the basic concepts of the theory of causal fermion systems, a recent approach to the description of fundamental physics. The theory yields quantum mechanics, general relativity and quantum field theory as limiting…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-10-24 Felix Finster , Sebastian Kindermann , Jan-Hendrik Treude

The theory of causal fermion systems is an approach to describe fundamental physics. Giving quantum mechanics, general relativity and quantum field theory as limiting cases, it is a candidate for a unified physical theory. We here give a…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-08-11 Felix Finster , Johannes Kleiner

We give a brief introduction to causal fermion systems with a focus on the geometric structures in space-time.

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2018-02-23 Felix Finster

The theory of causal fermion systems is a recent approach to fundamental physics. Giving quantum mechanics, general relativity and quantum field theory as limiting cases, it is a candidate for a unified physical theory. The dynamics is…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2019-09-25 Felix Finster

This monograph introduces the basic concepts of the theory of causal fermion systems, a recent approach to the description of fundamental physics. The theory yields quantum mechanics, general relativity and quantum field theory as limiting…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2018-10-12 Felix Finster

We compare the structures and methods in the theory of causal fermion systems with approaches to fundamental physics based on division algebras, in particular the octonions. We find that octonions and, more generally, tensor products of…

The theory of causal fermion systems is a new physical theory which aims to describe a fundamental level of physical reality. Its mathematical core is the causal action principle. In this thesis, we develop a formalism which connects the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2020-06-26 Johannes Kleiner

In this short review, we explain how and in which sense the causal action principle for causal fermion systems gives rise to classical gravity and the Einstein equations. Moreover, methods are presented for going beyond classical gravity,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-02-01 Felix Finster

Causal fermion systems are introduced as a general mathematical framework for formulating relativistic quantum theory. By specializing, we recover earlier notions like fermion systems in discrete space-time, the fermionic projector and…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-06-17 Felix Finster , Andreas Grotz , Daniela Schiefeneder

It is shown that the theory of causal fermion systems gives rise to a novel mechanism of baryogenesis. This mechanism is worked out computationally in globally hyperbolic spacetimes in a way which enables the quantitative study in concrete…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-09-12 Felix Finster , Maximilian Jokel , Claudio F. Paganini

This paper provides a thorough introduction to the causal set hypothesis aimed at students, and other interested persons, with some knowledge of general relativity and nonrelativistic quantum mechanics. I elucidate the arguments for why the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 David D. Reid

A notion of entropy is introduced for causal fermion systems. This entropy is a measure of the state of disorder of a causal fermion system at a given time compared to the vacuum. The definition is given both in the finite and…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-10-07 Felix Finster

The aim of this paper is to provide a largely self-contained, compact and comprehensible introduction to the basic ideas behind correlation geometry, which underlies the theory of causal fermion system (CFS). A key focus here is on the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-04-21 Claudio F. Paganini

In the theory of causal fermion systems, the physical equations are obtained as the Euler-Lagrange equations of a causal variational principle. Studying families of critical measures of causal variational principles, a class of conserved…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2019-01-15 Felix Finster , Johannes Kleiner

This write-up starts by introducing lattice chirality to people possessing a fairly modern mathematical background, but little prior knowledge about modern physics. I then proceed to present two new and speculative ideas.

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2007-05-23 Herbert Neuberger

In this paper, we argue that spacetime in causal fermion systems can be understood as the web of correlations of a many-body quantum system.This argument highlights the fact that causal fermion systems is a completely relational theory. We…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-04-29 Patrick Fischer , Claudio F. Paganini

The causal set approach to quantum gravity embodies the concepts of causality and discreteness. This article explores some foundational and conceptual issues within causal set theory.

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Fay Dowker

An elementary system leading to the notions of fractional integrals and derivatives is considered. Various physical situations whose description is associated with fractional differential equations of motion are discussed.

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Alexander I. Olemskoi
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