OConnor_LFC Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 Could time possibly have a particle ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 Could time possibly have a particle ? Could distance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OConnor_LFC Posted April 14, 2016 Author Share Posted April 14, 2016 Could distance? Could a shadow ? http://www.phys.lsu.edu/faculty/pullin/sciam.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 That was kinda my point: if time is quantised then space would be too. (I don't think there are any theories where space is quantised but time isn't, or vice versa). Also, I don't think that space-time being discrete is quite the same thing as it being made of particles. But that may just be a matter of interpretation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 Could time possibly have a particle ?You might be able to make a model with a time particle but good luck with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajb Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 (edited) The closest to a 'time' particle would be a gravition, which is a 'space-time' particle. That is, it the quanta associated with linearising Einstein's field equations. It is not exactly a 'lump' of time though. Edited April 15, 2016 by ajb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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