Challenges for Emergent Gravity

Jul, 2012
9 pages
Published in:
  • Stud.Hist.Phil.Sci.B 46 (2014) 200-208
  • Published: May, 2014
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Abstract: (arXiv)
The idea of gravity as an 'emergent' phenomenon has gained popularity in recent years. I discuss some of the obstacles that any such model must overcome in order to agree with the observational underpinnings of general relativity.
Note:
  • 18 pages/ v2: added discussion of TDiff invariance, emergence of diffeomorphism invariance, and more references
  • Emergent spacetime
  • Quantum gravity
  • gravitation: emergence
  • philosophy
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