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General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Title:The Evolving Block Universe and the Meshing Together of Times

Abstract: It is proposed that spacetime should be regarded as an evolving block universe, bounded to the future by the present time, which continually extends to the future. This future boundary is defined at each time by measuring proper time along Ricci eigenlines from the start of the universe. A key point is that physical reality can be represented at many different scales: hence the passage of times may be seen as different at different scales, with quantum gravity determining the evolution of space time itself but quantum field theory determining the evolution of events within spacetime .The fundamental issue then arises as to how the effective times at different scales mesh together, leading to the concept so global and local times.
Comments: 23 pages,4 figures
Journal reference: Ann N Y Acad Sci. (2014) Oct;1326:26-41
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.12559
Cite as: arXiv:1407.7243 [gr-qc]
  (or arXiv:1407.7243v1 [gr-qc] for this version)

Submission history

From: George F. R. Ellis [view email]
[v1] Sun, 27 Jul 2014 15:02:58 UTC (860 KB)