Spectral geometry as a probe of quantum spacetime

Details Spectral geometry as a probe of quantum spacetime Spectral geometry as a probe of quantum spacetime

2009-11-02

arxiv.org/abs/0911.0401v2

Phys.Rev.D80:124036,2009

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

25 pages, 6 figures. Version 2: references to figures added, acknowledgment added.

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.80.124036

Employing standard results from spectral geometry, we provide strong evidence that in the classical limit the ground state of three-dimensional causal dynamical triangulations is de Sitter spacetime. This result is obtained by measuring the expectation value of the spectral dimension on the ensemble of geometries defined by these models, and comparing its large scale behaviour to that of a sphere (Euclidean de Sitter). From the same measurement we are also able to confirm the phenomenon of dynamical dimensional reduction observed in this and other approaches to quantum gravity -- the first time this has been done for three-dimensional causal dynamical triangulations. In this case, the value for the short-scale limit of the spectral dimension that we find is approximately 2. We comment on the relevance of these results for the comparison to asymptotic safety and Horava-Lifshitz gravity, among other approaches to quantum gravity.

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