scholarly journals Space Emergence in Contemporary Physics: Why We Do Not Need Fundamentality, Layers of Reality and Emergence

Disputatio ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (49) ◽  
pp. 71-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Baptiste Le Bihan
Keyword(s):  
Wave Function ◽  
Quantum Gravity ◽  
Spatial Structure ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Loop Quantum Gravity ◽  
Research Programs ◽  
Metaphysical Interpretation ◽  
Spatial Entities ◽  
Wave Function Realism

Abstract ‘Space does not exist fundamentally: it emerges from a more fundamental non-spatial structure.’ This intriguing claim appears in various research programs in contemporary physics. Philosophers of physics tend to believe that this claim entails either that spacetime does not exist, or that it is derivatively real. In this article, I introduce and defend a third metaphysical interpretation of the claim: reductionism about space. I argue that, as a result, there is no need to subscribe to fundamentality, layers of reality and emergence in order to analyse the constitution of space by non-spatial entities. It follows that space constitution, if borne out, does not provide empirical evidence in favour of a stratified, Aristotelian in spirit, metaphysics. The view will be described in relation to two particular research programs in contemporary physics: wave function realism and loop quantum gravity.

scholarly journals Priority Monism Beyond Spacetime

Metaphysica ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Baptiste Le Bihan
Keyword(s):  
String Theory ◽  
Quantum Gravity ◽  
Loop Quantum Gravity ◽  
Temporal Structure ◽  
Fundamental Structure ◽  
Research Programs ◽  
Priority Monism ◽  
Spatio Temporal ◽  
Mereological Composition

AbstractI will defend two claims. First, Schaffer’s priority monism is in tension with many research programs in quantum gravity. Second, priority monism can be modified into a view more amenable to this physics. The first claim is grounded in the fact that promising approaches to quantum gravity such as loop quantum gravity or string theory deny the fundamental reality of spacetime. Since fundamental spacetime plays an important role in Schaffer’s priority monism by being identified with the fundamental structure, namely the cosmos, the disappearance of spacetime in these views might undermine classical priority monism. My second claim is that priority monism can avoid this issue with two moves: first, in dropping one of its core assumption, namely that the fundamental structure is spatio-temporal, second, by identifying the connection between the non-spatio-temporal structure and the derivative spatio-temporal structure with mereological composition.

scholarly journals Review on hermiticity of the volume operators in Loop Quantum Gravity

2019 ◽  
Vol 51 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Ariwahjoedi ◽  
I. Husin ◽  
I. Sebastian ◽  
F. P. Zen
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Gravity ◽  
Loop Quantum Gravity

scholarly journals Quantum gravity: A brief history of ideas and some prospects

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (11) ◽  
pp. 1530028 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Carlip ◽  
Dah-Wei Chiou ◽  
Wei-Tou Ni ◽  
Richard Woodard
Keyword(s):  
Black Hole ◽  
String Theory ◽  
Quantum Gravity ◽  
Loop Quantum Gravity ◽  
Black Hole Thermodynamics ◽  
History Of Ideas ◽  
Foreseeable Future ◽  
Gravitational Effects ◽  
History Of

We present a bird's-eye survey on the development of fundamental ideas of quantum gravity, placing emphasis on perturbative approaches, string theory, loop quantum gravity (LQG) and black hole thermodynamics. The early ideas at the dawn of quantum gravity as well as the possible observations of quantum gravitational effects in the foreseeable future are also briefly discussed.

scholarly journals The length operator in Loop Quantum Gravity

2009 ◽  
Vol 807 (3) ◽  
pp. 591-624 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eugenio Bianchi
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Gravity ◽  
Loop Quantum Gravity

scholarly journals U(N) coherent states for loop quantum gravity

2011 ◽  
Vol 52 (5) ◽  
pp. 052502 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurent Freidel ◽  
Etera R. Livine
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Gravity ◽  
Coherent States ◽  
Loop Quantum Gravity

scholarly journals Black Hole Interior from Loop Quantum Gravity

2008 ◽  
Vol 2008 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonardo Modesto
Keyword(s):  
Black Hole ◽  
Quantum Gravity ◽  
Event Horizon ◽  
Loop Quantum Gravity ◽  
Planck Scale ◽  
Semiclassical Analysis ◽  
Schwarzschild Solution ◽  
Quantum Black Hole ◽  
Minimum Value ◽  
Black Hole Interior

We calculate modifications to the Schwarzschild solution by using a semiclassical analysis of loop quantum black hole. We obtain a metric inside the event horizon that coincides with the Schwarzschild solution near the horizon but that is substantially different at the Planck scale. In particular, we obtain a bounce of theS2sphere for a minimum value of the radius and that it is possible to have another event horizon close to ther=0point.

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