22–28 Jul 2018
Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center
EST timezone

Quantum field theory on a causal set

26 Jul 2018, 10:10
20m
107 (Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center)

107

Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center

219 S Harrison Rd, East Lansing, MI 48824
Theoretical Developments Theoretical Developments

Speaker

Roman Sverdlov (University of New Mexico)

Description

Causal set theory, originally introduced by Rafael Sorkin, is a model of spacetime as a partially ordered set: an element of a set corresponds to a point in spacetime, while partial ordering corresponds to lightcone causal relation. There is no coordinate system: all of the geometry is to be deduced from partial ordering alone. Consequently, one has to rewrite Lagrangians in quantum field theory in such a way that would avoid derivative signs or anything else with Lorentz index. In my talk I will discuss some of the ways of doing so (both the ones introduced by myself and by others).

Primary author

Roman Sverdlov (University of New Mexico)

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