Time in Quantum Gravity

Author:

Kiefer Claus

Abstract

This chapter notes that quantum gravity places the concept of time on a new level. In the absence of experimental hints, mathematical and conceptual issues must be chosen as the guides in the search for such a theory. Just as reconceiving classical notions of time was key for Einstein, in his discovery of special relativity, so too many believe that time will again hold the clue for theoretical advancement, but this time with quantum gravity. The chapter details the challenge of reconciling quantum theory with relativity, concentrating especially on why time in particular causes trouble. It describes a result in canonical quantum gravity which is possibly of signal importance, namely, that fundamentally there is no time at all, and discusses the problem of time, quantization, semiclassical time, loop quantum gravity, and string theory.

Publisher

Oxford University Press

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