Quantization of Space and Time in 3 and in 4 Space-time Dimensions
| dc.creator | Hooft, G. 't | |
| dc.date | 1996-08-16 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T03:31:15Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T03:31:15Z | |
| dc.description | The fact that in Minkowski space, space and time are both quantized does not have to be introduced as a new postulate in physics, but can actually be derived by combining certain features of General Relativity and Quantum Mechanics. This is demonstrated first in a model where particles behave as point defects in 2 space dimensions and 1 time, and then in the real world having 3+1 dimensions. The mechanisms in these two cases are quite different, but the outcomes are similar: space and time form a (non-cummutative) lattice. These notes are short since most of the material discussed in these lectures is based on two earlier papers by the same author (gr-qc/9601014 and gr-qc/9607022), but the exposition given in the end is new. | |
| dc.description | Lectures held at the NATO Advanced Study Institute on ``Quantum Fields and Quantum Space Time", Cargèse, July 22 -- August 3, 1996. 16 pages Plain TeX, 6 Figures | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9608037 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9608037 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/35793 | |
| dc.subject | General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology | |
| dc.title | Quantization of Space and Time in 3 and in 4 Space-time Dimensions | |
| dc.type | text |