EPRL/FK asymptotics and the flatness problem

The main topic of this thesis is a key point in testing the viability of the EPRL/FK spin foam model as a quantum theory of gravity. While it is common knowledge that there are fundamental mathematical inconsistencies between Einstein's General Relativity and Quantum Mechanics, pointing, among...

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Main Author: Camoes de Oliveira, Jose Ricardo
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2016
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/38433/