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6 - Space and Time in Loop Quantum Gravity

from Part II - Time in Quantum Theories of Gravity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2020

Edited by
Nick Huggett ,
Keizo Matsubara  and
Christian Wüthrich
Nick Huggett
Affiliation:
University of Illinois, Chicago
Keizo Matsubara
Affiliation:
Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
Christian Wüthrich
Affiliation:
Université de Genève
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Summary

Quantum gravity is expected to require modifications of the notions of space and time. I discuss and clarify how this happens in loop quantum gravity.

Keywords

relational spaceblock universepresentismeternalismWheeler de Witt equationexperiential time quantum gravityloop quantum gravityspinfoamsspin networks.
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Beyond Spacetime
The Foundations of Quantum Gravity
 , pp. 117 - 132
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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