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Background Independence

Background Independence is a foundational principle in quantum gravity that distinguishes itself from background-dependent theories by requiring the physical laws to be formulated without reliance on a fixed spacetime background, thereby making the spacetime geometry dynamically determined by the theory itself.

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Background independent quantum gravity: a status report

Abhay Ashtekar, Jerzy Lewandowski · Classical and Quantum Gravity · 2004 · 2K citations · Full text

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Introduction to Modern Canonical Quantum General Relativity

Thomas Thiemann · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2001 · 431 citations · Full text

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Background independent action for double field theory

Journal of High Energy Physics · 2010 · 408 citations · Full text

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Background independent action for double field theory

Olaf Hohm, C.M. Hull, Barton Zwiebach · 2016 · 314 citations · Full text

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Comment on the background independent open string theory

Samson L. Shatashvili · Physics Letters B · 1993 · 229 citations · Full text

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Authors

98

  1. EA
    Edward Anderson

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    14 publications · 310 citations

    10

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  2. FM
    Fotini Markopoulou

    Perimeter Institute, Canada

    7 publications · 233 citations

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  3. CR
    Carlo Rovelli

    Centre de Physique Théorique, France

    5 publications · 332 citations

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  4. LS
    Lee Smolin

    Perimeter Institute, Canada

    4 publications · 164 citations

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  5. BZ
    Barton Zwiebach

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    4 publications · 640 citations

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Institutions

79

  1. Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics

    Potsdam, Germany

    12 h-index

    14 publications

    4.9K citations

  2. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

    Mainz, Germany

    10 h-index

    17 publications

    1.1K citations

  3. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    7 h-index

    10 publications

    2.5K citations

  4. Centre de Physique Théorique

    Marseille, France

    7 h-index

    14 publications

    720 citations

  5. Perimeter Institute

    Waterloo, Canada

    7 h-index

    10 publications

    618 citations

  6. University of Waterloo

    Waterloo, Canada

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    401 citations

  7. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    301 citations

  8. Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

    Mumbai, India

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    285 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of High Energy Physics

    JHEP · 16 publications · 1.2K citations

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  2. arXiv (Cornell University)

    Repository · 16 publications · 754 citations

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  3. ArXiv.org

    Repository · 12 publications · 487 citations

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  4. Classical and Quantum Gravity

    10 publications · 2.4K citations

    10

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  5. Nuclear Physics B

    6 publications · 281 citations

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