Discrete Causal Theory Emergent Spacetime and the Causal Metric Hypothesis /

This book evaluates and suggests potentially critical improvements to causal set theory, one of the best-motivated approaches to the outstanding problems of fundamental physics. Spacetime structure is of central importance to physics beyond general relativity and the standard model. The causal metri...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dribus, Benjamin F. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Foundations of Discrete Causal Theory
  • Introduction
  • The Causal Metric Hypothesis
  • Causal Sets and Generalizations
  • Local Properties
  • Part II: Discrete Quantum Causal Theory
  • Relation Space and Generalizations
  • Quantum Spacetime
  • Kinematics and Dynamics
  • Toward Phenomenology
  • Conventions.