Background Independent Quantum Mechanics and Gravity
arXiv:hep-th/0305193 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.68.061501
Abstract
We argue that the demand of background independence in a quantum theory of gravity calls for an extension of standard geometric quantum mechanics. We discuss a possible kinematical and dynamical generalization of the latter by way of a quantum covariance of the state space. Specifically, we apply our scheme to the problem of a background independent formulation of Matrix Theory.
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