Year: 2022
Type: preprint
Abstract: Understanding the quantum nature of spacetime and gravity remains one of the most ambitious goals of theoretical physics. It promises to provide key new insights into fundamental particle theory, astrophysics, cosmology and the foundations of physics. Despite this common goal, the community of quantum gravity researchers is sometimes seen as divided into sub-communities working on different, mutually exclusive approaches. In practice however, recent years have shown the emergence of common techniques, results and physical ideas arising from different sub-communities, suggesting exciting new prospects for collaboration and interaction between traditionally distinct approaches. In this White Paper we discuss some of the common themes which have seen a growing interest from various directions, and argue that focusing on them will help the quantum gravity community as a whole towards shared objectives.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Institutions: Institute for Theoretical Physics Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam, Perimeter Institute, University of Southern Denmark, Centre for Cosmology and Particle Physics Phenomenology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Institute for Fundamental Physics of the Universe, University of Sheffield, Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire de Physique de l'ENS de Lyon, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, European Organization for Nuclear Research, Radboud University Nijmegen, King's College London, Princeton University, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Trieste
Language: English
Subfield: Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4286750461