Spectral dimension of the universe

We measure the spectral dimension of universes emerging from nonperturbative quantum gravity, defined through state sums of causal triangulated geometries. While four-dimensional on large scales, the quantum universe appears two-dimensional at short distances. We conclude that quantum gravity may be “selfrenormalizing” at the Planck scale, by virtue of a mechanism of dynamical dimensional reduction.

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