2013Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fieldsOpen access

Topology change of spacetime and resolution of spacetime singularity in emergent gravity

Sunggeun Lee, Raju Roychowdhury, Hyun Seok Yang

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Emergent gravity is based on the Darboux theorem or the Moser lemma in symplectic geometry, stating that the electromagnetic force can always be eliminated by a local coordinate transformation as far as $U(1)$ gauge theory is defined on a spacetime with symplectic structure. In this approach, the spacetime geometry is defined by $U(1)$ gauge fields on noncommutative (NC) spacetime. Accordingly, the topology of spacetime is determined by the topology of NC $U(1)$ gauge fields. We show that the topology change of spacetime is ample in emergent gravity and the subsequent resolution of spacetime singularity is possible in NC spacetime. Therefore, the emergent gravity approach provides a well-defined mechanism for the topology change of spacetime which does not suffer from any spacetime singularity, in sharp contrast to general relativity.

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Emergent gravity is based on the Darboux theorem or the Moser lemma in symplectic geometry, stating that the electromagnetic force can always be eliminated by a local coordinate transformation as far as $U(1)$ gauge theory is defined on a spacetime with symplectic structure. In this approach, the spacetime geometry is defined by $U(1)$ gauge fields on noncommutative (NC) spacetime. Accordingly, the topology of spacetime is determined by the topology of NC $U(1)$ gauge fields. We show that the topology change of spacetime is ample in emergent gravity and the subsequent resolution of spacetime singularity is possible in NC spacetime. Therefore, the emergent gravity approach provides a well-defined mechanism for the topology change of spacetime which does not suffer from any spacetime singularity, in sharp contrast to general relativity.

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Emergent gravity is based on the Darboux theorem or the Moser lemma in symplectic geometry, stating that the electromagnetic force can always be eliminated by a local coordinate transformation as far as $U(1)$ gauge theory is defined on a spacetime with symplectic structure. In this approach, the spacetime geometry is defined by $U(1)$ gauge fields on noncommutative (NC) spacetime. Accordingly, the topology of spacetime is determined by the topology of NC $U(1)$ gauge fields. We show that the topology change of spacetime is ample in emergent gravity and the subsequent resolution of spacetime singularity is possible in NC spacetime. Therefore, the emergent gravity approach provides a well-defined mechanism for the topology change of spacetime which does not suffer from any spacetime singularity, in sharp contrast to general relativity.

Key concepts: Spacetime topology, Spacetime, Spherically symmetric spacetime, Stationary spacetime, Spacetime symmetries, Causal sets, Quantum field theory in curved spacetime, Physics

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