Smooth or grainy? New paper reviews research on the grain of space-time
Friday, December 20, 2013 - 12:30
in Physics & Chemistry
Smooth" or grainy? Is space-time continuous or is it made up of very fine (10-35 metres on the "Planck scale") but discrete grains, if we look at it very close up ? If the latter were true, scientists think, this would lead to deviations from the theory of special relativity formulated by Albert Einstein more than 100 years ago.