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New directions in background independent quantum gravity

Fotini Markopoulou
(
- Perimeter Inst. Theor. Phys.
)

Mar, 2007

26 pages

Part of The Group field theory approach to quantum gravity: Some recent results, 129-149

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gr-qc/0703097 [gr-qc]

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We discuss the meaning of background independence in quantum theories of gravity where geometry and gravity are emergent and illustrate the possibilities using the framework of quantum causal histories.

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Comments 26 pages. Contribution to Approaches to Quantum Gravity - toward a new understanding of space, time, and matter, edited by D. Oriti, to be published by Cambridge University Press

spin: network
quantum gravity
causality
quantum geometry
conservation law
field theory: discrete

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