scholarly journals Dimension and Dimensional Reduction in Quantum Gravity

Universe ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Carlip
Keyword(s):  
Fixed Point ◽  
Quantum Gravity ◽  
Dimensional Reduction ◽  
Short Distance ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Anomalous Scaling ◽  
Lines Of Evidence ◽  
Quantum Spacetime

If gravity is asymptotically safe, operators will exhibit anomalous scaling at the ultraviolet fixed point in a way that makes the theory effectively two-dimensional. A number of independent lines of evidence, based on different approaches to quantization, indicate a similar short-distance dimensional reduction. I will review the evidence for this behavior, emphasizing the physical question of what one means by “dimension” in a quantum spacetime, and will discuss possible mechanisms that could explain the universality of this phenomenon.

scholarly journals Spontaneous Dimensional Reduction in Short-Distance Quantum Gravity?

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Carlip ◽  
Jerzy Kowalski-Glikman ◽  
R. Durka ◽  
M. Szczachor
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Gravity ◽  
Dimensional Reduction ◽  
Short Distance

TERBIUM MOLYBDATE: GROUP THEORY AND FLUCTUATIONS

1987 ◽  
Vol 01 (05n06) ◽  
pp. 239-244
Author(s):  
SERGE GALAM
Keyword(s):  
Fixed Point ◽  
Group Theory ◽  
Parameter Space ◽  
Landau Theory ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Stable Fixed Point ◽  
Theory Analysis ◽  
Continuous Transition ◽  
Dimensional Parameter ◽  
First Order

A new mechanism to explain the first order ferroelastic—ferroelectric transition in Terbium Molybdate (TMO) is presented. From group theory analysis it is shown that in the two-dimensional parameter space ordering along either an axis or a diagonal is forbidden. These symmetry-imposed singularities are found to make the unique stable fixed point not accessible for TMO. A continuous transition even if allowed within Landau theory is thus impossible once fluctuations are included. The TMO transition is therefore always first order. This explanation is supported by experimental results.

scholarly journals ON WEAK INTERACTIONS AS SHORT-DISTANCE MANIFESTATIONS OF GRAVITY

2013 ◽  
Vol 28 (07) ◽  
pp. 1350022 ◽  
Author(s):  
ROBERTO ONOFRIO
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Gravity ◽  
Short Distance ◽  
Weak Interactions ◽  
Planck Scale ◽  
Fundamental Symmetries ◽  
Spacetime Geometry ◽  
Newtonian Constant

We conjecture that weak interactions are peculiar manifestations of quantum gravity at the Fermi scale, and that the Fermi constant is related to the Newtonian constant of gravitation. In this framework one may understand the violations of fundamental symmetries by the weak interactions, in particular parity violations, as due to fluctuations of the spacetime geometry at a Planck scale coinciding with the Fermi scale. As a consequence, gravitational phenomena should play a more important role in the microworld, and experimental settings are suggested to test this hypothesis.

scholarly journals Chaotic Itinerancy Observed in Mutually Coupled Gaussian Maps

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (04) ◽  
pp. 1830011
Author(s):  
Mio Kobayashi ◽  
Tetsuya Yoshinaga
Keyword(s):  
Dynamical System ◽  
Fixed Point ◽  
Chaotic Behavior ◽  
Periodic Points ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Stable Fixed Point ◽  
Bifurcation Structure ◽  
Unstable Fixed Point ◽  
Gaussian Map ◽  
Gaussian Maps

A one-dimensional Gaussian map defined by a Gaussian function describes a discrete-time dynamical system. Chaotic behavior can be observed in both Gaussian and logistic maps. This study analyzes the bifurcation structure corresponding to the fixed and periodic points of a coupled system comprising two Gaussian maps. The bifurcation structure of a mutually coupled Gaussian map is more complex than that of a mutually coupled logistic map. In a coupled Gaussian map, it was confirmed that after a stable fixed point or stable periodic points became unstable through the bifurcation, the points were able to recover their stability while the system parameters were changing. Moreover, we investigated a parameter region in which symmetric and asymmetric stable fixed points coexisted. Asymmetric unstable fixed point was generated by the [Formula: see text]-type branching of a symmetric stable fixed point. The stability of the unstable fixed point could be recovered through period-doubling and tangent bifurcations. Furthermore, a homoclinic structure related to the occurrence of chaotic behavior and invariant closed curves caused by two-periodic points was observed. The mutually coupled Gaussian map was merely a two-dimensional dynamical system; however, chaotic itinerancy, known to be a characteristic property associated with high-dimensional dynamical systems, was observed. The bifurcation structure of the mutually coupled Gaussian map clearly elucidates the mechanism of chaotic itinerancy generation in the two-dimensional coupled map. We discussed this mechanism by comparing the bifurcation structures of the Gaussian and logistic maps.

A COMPACT BOSON COUPLED TO TWO-DIMENSIONAL GRAVITY

1991 ◽  
Vol 06 (15) ◽  
pp. 2743-2754 ◽  
Author(s):  
NORISUKE SAKAI ◽  
YOSHIAKI TANII
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Partition Function ◽  
Quantum Gravity ◽  
Matrix Models ◽  
Riemann Surfaces ◽  
Partition Functions ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Dimensional Gravity ◽  
The Continuum ◽  
Continuum Field

The radius dependence of partition functions is explicitly evaluated in the continuum field theory of a compactified boson, interacting with two-dimensional quantum gravity (noncritical string) on Riemann surfaces for the first few genera. The partition function for the torus is found to be a sum of terms proportional to R and 1/R. This is in agreement with the result of a discretized version (matrix models), but is quite different from the critical string. The supersymmetric case is also explicitly evaluated.

scholarly journals PROPOSAL OF A SECOND GENERATION OF QUANTUM-GRAVITY-MOTIVATED LORENTZ-SYMMETRY TESTS: SENSITIVITY TO EFFECTS SUPPRESSED QUADRATICALLY BY THE PLANCK SCALE

2003 ◽  
Vol 12 (09) ◽  
pp. 1633-1639 ◽  
Author(s):  
GIOVANNI AMELINO-CAMELIA
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Gravity ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Loop Quantum Gravity ◽  
Planck Scale ◽  
Cosmic Ray ◽  
Lorentz Symmetry ◽  
Planck Length ◽  
Satisfactory Description ◽  
Symmetry Tests ◽  
Quantum Spacetime

Over the last few years the study of possible Planck-scale departures from classical Lorentz symmetry has been one of the most active areas of quantum-gravity research. We now have a satisfactory description of the fate of Lorentz symmetry in the most popular noncommutative spacetimes and several studies have been devoted to the fate of Lorentz symmetry in loop quantum gravity. Remarkably there are planned experiments with enough sensitivity to reveal these quantum-spacetime effects, if their magnitude is only linearly suppressed by the Planck length. Unfortunately, in some quantum-gravity scenarios even the strongest quantum-spacetime effects are suppressed by at least two powers of the Planck length, and many authors have argued that it would be impossible to test these quadratically-suppressed effects. I here observe that advanced cosmic-ray observatories and neutrino observatories can provide the first elements of an experimental programme testing the possibility of departures from Lorentz symmetry that are quadratically Planck-length suppressed.

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