PIRSA:14120007

A perspective on causal dynamical triangulations in 3+1 vignettes

Cooperman, J. (2014). A perspective on causal dynamical triangulations in 3+1 vignettes. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/14120007

Cooperman, Joshua. A perspective on causal dynamical triangulations in 3+1 vignettes. Perimeter Institute, Dec. 04, 2014, https://pirsa.org/14120007 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:14120007,
            doi = {10.48660/14120007},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/14120007},
            author = {Cooperman, Joshua},
            keywords = {Quantum Gravity},
            language = {en},
            title = {A perspective on causal dynamical triangulations in 3+1 vignettes},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2014},
            month = {dec},
            note = {PIRSA:14120007 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Joshua Cooperman Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen

DOI 10.48660/14120007
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Talk Type Scientific Series
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Abstract

I offer a personal perspective on the causal dynamical triangulations approach to the construction of quantum theories of gravity. After briefly introducing the approach's formalism and results, I illuminate this perspective with 3+1 vignettes of recent and ongoing research. Specifically, I review attempts to locate an ultraviolet fixed point through renormalization group analyses; I report measurements of the homogeneity of the approach's quantum geometries; I discuss efforts to determine the large scale effective action in the case of 2+1 dimensions; and I suggest a speculative possibility for reviving the Euclidean dynamical triangulations approach.