Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2007-05-15
Mod.Phys.Lett.A22:2949-2954,2007
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
v2: minor updates to agree w/published version
Scientific paper
10.1142/S0217732307025923
Thirty years of a deepening information paradox suggest the need to revise our basic physical framework. Multiple indicators point toward reassessment of the principle of locality: lack of a precise definition in quantum gravity, behavior of high-energy scattering, hints from strings and AdS/CFT, conundrums of quantum cosmology, and finally lack of good alternative resolutions of the paradox. A plausible conjecture states that the non-perturbative dynamics of gravity is unitary but nonlocal. String theory may directly address these issues but so far important aspects remain elusive. If this viewpoint is correct, critical questions are to understand the "correspondence" limit where nonlocal physics reduces to local quantum field theory, and beyond, to unveil principles of an underlying nonlocal theory.
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