Considering the expected thermal equilibrium characterizing the physics at the Planck scale, it is here stated, for the first time, that, as a system, the space-time at the Planck scale must be considered as subject t...Considering the expected thermal equilibrium characterizing the physics at the Planck scale, it is here stated, for the first time, that, as a system, the space-time at the Planck scale must be considered as subject to the Kubo-Martin-Schwinger (KMS) condition. Consequently, in the interior of the KMS strip, i.e. from the scale B = 0 to the scale B = lplanck, the fourth coordinate g44 must be considered as complex, the two real poles being 6 = 0 and B = lplanck. This means that within the limits of the KMS strip, the Lorentzian and the Euclidean metric are in a 'quantum superposition state' (or coupled), this entailing a 'unification' (or coupling) between the topological (Euclidean) and the physical (Lorentzian) states of space-time.展开更多
文摘Considering the expected thermal equilibrium characterizing the physics at the Planck scale, it is here stated, for the first time, that, as a system, the space-time at the Planck scale must be considered as subject to the Kubo-Martin-Schwinger (KMS) condition. Consequently, in the interior of the KMS strip, i.e. from the scale B = 0 to the scale B = lplanck, the fourth coordinate g44 must be considered as complex, the two real poles being 6 = 0 and B = lplanck. This means that within the limits of the KMS strip, the Lorentzian and the Euclidean metric are in a 'quantum superposition state' (or coupled), this entailing a 'unification' (or coupling) between the topological (Euclidean) and the physical (Lorentzian) states of space-time.