2023 - T1A - WS1 - Quantum gravity and random geometry

Collection 2023 - T1A - WS1 - Quantum gravity and random geometry

Organizer(s) Barrett, John ; Benedetti, Dario ; Ben Geloun, Joseph ; Loll, Renate
Date(s) 16/01/2023 - 20/01/2023
linked URL https://indico.math.cnrs.fr/event/7542/
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Entropy versus the action in causal set theory

By Sumati Surya

The quantum partition function of causal set quantum gravity is a phase weighted sum over all locally finite posets or causal sets. As the size $n$ of the causal sets grows, however, the overwhelmingly dominant entropic contribution comes from a class of causal sets that look nothing like continuum spacetime. A long standing question has been whether this entropy can be overcome in the large $n$, classical limit, by the discrete Einstein-Hilbert Action to give spacetime-like causal sets a fighting chance. I will discuss recent progress on this question as well as some of the open strands of questions that remain.

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  • DOI 10.57987/IHP.2023.T1A.WS1.007
  • Cite this video Surya, Sumati (17/01/2023). Entropy versus the action in causal set theory. IHP. Audiovisual resource. DOI: 10.57987/IHP.2023.T1A.WS1.007
  • URL https://dx.doi.org/10.57987/IHP.2023.T1A.WS1.007

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