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Conformal Quasicrystals and Holography

Latham Boyle, Madeline Dickens, Felix Flicker

2020Physical Review X39 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

The boundary of a discrete spacetime is itself a discrete structure now dubbed a conformal quasicrystal, a fundamental new insight into ideas from holography that attempt to reconcile the conflict between general relativity and quantum physics.

Topics & Concepts

QuasicrystalHolographyTheoretical physicsConformal mapSpacetimePhysicsGeneral relativityBoundary (topology)Theory of relativityClassical mechanicsQuantum mechanicsGeometryMathematicsCondensed matter physicsMathematical analysisBlack Holes and Theoretical PhysicsCosmology and Gravitation TheoriesAdvanced Mathematical Theories and Applications