Planck-scale dimensional reduction without a preferred frame
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Author(s)
Amelino-Camelia, Giovanni
Arzano, Michele
Gubitosi, Giulia
Magueijo, Joao
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Several approaches to quantum gravity suggest that the standard description of spacetime as probed at low-energy, with four dimensions, is replaced in the Planckian regime by a spacetime with a spectral dimension of two. The implications for relativistic symmetries can be momentous, and indeed the most tangible picture for “running” of the spectral dimension, found within Horava–Lifshitz gravity, requires the breakdown of relativity of inertial frames. In this Letter we incorporate running spectral dimensions in a scenario that does not require the emergence of a preferred frame. We consider the best studied mechanism for deforming relativistic symmetries whilst preserving the relativity of inertial frames, based on a momentum space with curvature at the Planck scale. We show explicitly how running of the spectral dimension can be derived from these models.
Date Issued
2014-09-07
Date Acceptance
2014-07-17
Citation
Physics Letters B: Nuclear Physics and Particle Physics, 2014, 736, pp.317-320
ISSN
0370-2693
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
317
End Page
320
Journal / Book Title
Physics Letters B: Nuclear Physics and Particle Physics
Volume
736
Copyright Statement
©2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). Funded by SCOAP3.
Sponsor
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Identifier
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Grant Number
ST/J000353/1
Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Physics, Nuclear
Physics, Particles & Fields
Physics
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Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2014-07-22