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TY - JOUR
T1 - A quantum geometric description of a q-brane with intrinsic spin
AU - Gratus, Jonathan
AU - Tucker, Robin W.
PY - 2000/6
Y1 - 2000/6
N2 - We describe a novel quantum structure in which quantum excitations refer to elementary quanta of "spinning space". Although the quantum model has a classical "membrane" limit, there exists no Newtonian classical system leading to this model that can be written in canonical Hamiltonian form prior to quantisation. It is suggested that such an underlying quantum structure can give rise to a classical geometry for "physical" spacetime whose sources arise from the quantum excitations of space itself.
AB - We describe a novel quantum structure in which quantum excitations refer to elementary quanta of "spinning space". Although the quantum model has a classical "membrane" limit, there exists no Newtonian classical system leading to this model that can be written in canonical Hamiltonian form prior to quantisation. It is suggested that such an underlying quantum structure can give rise to a classical geometry for "physical" spacetime whose sources arise from the quantum excitations of space itself.
U2 - 10.1016/S0920-5632(00)00800-8
DO - 10.1016/S0920-5632(00)00800-8
M3 - Journal article
VL - 88
SP - 349
EP - 354
JO - Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements
JF - Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements
SN - 0920-5632
IS - 1-3
T2 - 3rd Meeting of Constrained Dynamics and Quantum Gravity
Y2 - 13 September 1999 through 17 September 1999
ER -