Quantum Field Theory on Multifractal Spacetime: Varying Dimension and Ultraviolet Completeness
arXiv:2504.06797 · doi:10.1142/S0217751X26500132
Abstract
Inspired by various quantum gravity approaches, we explore quantum field theory where spacetime exhibits scaling properties and dimensional reduction with changing energy scales, effectively behaving as a multifractal manifold. Working within canonical quantization, we demonstrate how to properly quantize fields in such a multifractal spacetime. Our analysis reveals that a non-differentiable nature of spacetime is not merely compatible with quantum field theory but significantly enhances its mathematical foundation. Most notably, this approach ensures perturbative UV finiteness and improved behavior of the series expansion and enables rigorous construction of the S-matrix in the interaction picture by breaking vacuum translational invariance. The multifractal structure tames dominant, large-order divergence sources in the perturbative series and resolves the Landau pole problem through asymptotic safety, substantially improving the theory's behavior in the deep ultraviolet regime. Our formulation preserves all established predictions of standard quantum field theory at low energies while offering novel physical behaviors at high energy scales.
expanded version, accepted in IJMPA
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