%0 Journal Article %1 Carlip2010 %A Carlip, Steven %D 2010 %K quantum spacetime %T The Small Scale Structure of Spacetime %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1009.1136 %X Several lines of evidence hint that quantum gravity at very small distances may be effectively two-dimensional. I summarize the evidence for such ``spontaneous dimensional reduction,'' and suggest an additional argument coming from the strong-coupling limit of the Wheeler-DeWitt equation. If this description proves to be correct, it suggests a fascinating relationship between small-scale quantum spacetime and the behavior of cosmologies near an asymptotically silent singularity.

@article{Carlip2010, abstract = { Several lines of evidence hint that quantum gravity at very small distances may be effectively two-dimensional. I summarize the evidence for such ``spontaneous dimensional reduction,'' and suggest an additional argument coming from the strong-coupling limit of the Wheeler-DeWitt equation. If this description proves to be correct, it suggests a fascinating relationship between small-scale quantum spacetime and the behavior of cosmologies near an asymptotically silent singularity. }, added-at = {2010-09-07T21:59:40.000+0200}, author = {Carlip, Steven}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/265b51107087224509c58c975c0a3fe6e/jpschaar}, description = {The Small Scale Structure of Spacetime}, interhash = {4cf80c16a30a36cf7f2b516b9c8a68ca}, intrahash = {65b51107087224509c58c975c0a3fe6e}, keywords = {quantum spacetime}, note = {cite arxiv:1009.1136 Comment: 14 pages, two eps figures; to appear in Foundations of Space and Time, edited by George Ellis, Jeff Murugan, Amanda Weltman (Cambridge University Press)}, timestamp = {2010-09-07T21:59:40.000+0200}, title = {The Small Scale Structure of Spacetime}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1009.1136}, year = 2010 }