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Finster, Felix ; Grotz, Andreas

A Lorentzian quantum geometry

Finster, Felix and Grotz, Andreas (2011) A Lorentzian quantum geometry. Preprintreihe der Fakultät Mathematik 25/201, Working Paper.

Date of publication of this fulltext: 07 Sep 2011 06:11
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DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.22015


Abstract

We propose a formulation of a Lorentzian quantum geometry based on the framework of causal fermion systems. After giving the general definition of causal fermion systems, we deduce space-time as a topological space with an underlying causal structure. Restricting attention to systems of spin dimension two, we derive the objects of our quantum geometry: the spin space, the tangent space endowed ...

We propose a formulation of a Lorentzian quantum geometry based
on the framework of causal fermion systems. After giving the general definition
of causal fermion systems, we deduce space-time as a topological space with an
underlying causal structure. Restricting attention to systems of spin dimension
two, we derive the objects of our quantum geometry: the spin space, the tangent
space endowed with a Lorentzian metric, connection and curvature. In order to
get the correspondence to differential geometry, we construct examples of causal
fermion systems by regularizing Dirac sea configurations in Minkowski space and
on a globally hyperbolic Lorentzian manifold. When removing the regularization,
the objects of our quantum geometry reduce precisely to the common objects of
Lorentzian spin geometry, up to higher order curvature corrections.


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Item typeMonograph (Working Paper)
Series of the University of Regensburg:Preprintreihe der Fakultät Mathematik
Volume:25/201
Date2011
InstitutionsMathematics > Prof. Dr. Felix Finster
Dewey Decimal Classification500 Science > 510 Mathematics
StatusUnknown
RefereedNo, this version has not been refereed yet (as with preprints)
Created at the University of RegensburgYes
URN of the UB Regensburgurn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-220155
Item ID22015

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