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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300397403321

Autore

Sato Yuki

Titolo

Space-Time Foliation in Quantum Gravity / / by Yuki Sato

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tokyo : , : Springer Japan : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014

ISBN

4-431-54947-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (112 p.)

Collana

Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research, , 2190-5053

Disciplina

530.143

Soggetti

Gravitation

Physics

Mathematical physics

Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory

Mathematical Methods in Physics

Mathematical Physics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Doctoral Thesis accepted by Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Causal Dynamical Triangulation -- n-DBI Gravity -- Summary -- Appendices.

Sommario/riassunto

In this thesis, the author considers quantum gravity to investigate the mysterious origin of our universe and its mechanisms. He and his collaborators have greatly improved the analyticity of two models: causal dynamical triangulations (CDT) and n-DBI gravity, with the space-time foliation which is one common factor shared by these two separate models.   In the first part, the analytic method of coupling matters to CDT in 2-dimensional toy models is proposed to uncover the underlying mechanisms of the universe and to remove ambiguities remaining in CDT. As a result, the wave function of the 2-dimensional universe where matters are coupled is derived. The behavior of the wave function reveals that the Hausdorff dimension can be changed when the matter is non-unitary.   In the second part, the n-DBI gravity model is considered. The author mainly investigates two effects driven by the space-time foliation: the appearance of a new conserved charge in black holes and an extra scalar mode of the graviton. The former implies a breakdown of the black-hole uniqueness theorem while the



latter does not show any pathological behavior.