Planck-scale dynamical dimensional reduction is attracting more and more interest in the quantum-gravity literature since it seems to be a model independent effect. However different studies base their results on different concepts of spacetime dimensionality. Most of them rely on the \textit{ spectral} dimension, others refer to the \textit{ Hausdorff} dimension and, very recently, it has been introduced also the \textit{ thermal} dimension. We here show that all these distinct definitions of dimension give the same outcome in the case of the effective regime of Loop Quantum Gravity (LQG). This is achieved by deriving a modified dispersion relation from the hypersurface-deformation algebra with quantum corrections. Moreover we also observe that the number of UV dimensions can be used to constrain the ambiguities in the choice of these LQG-based modifications of the Dirac spacetime algebra. In this regard, introducing the \textit{ polymerization} of connections i.e. $K \rightarrow \frac{ \sin(\delta K)}{ \delta}$, we find that the leading quantum correction gives $d_{ UV} = 2.5$. This result may indicate that the running to the expected value of two dimensions is ongoing, but it has not been completed yet. Finding $d_{ UV}$ at ultra-short distances would require to go beyond the effective approach we here present.

Categories: gr-qc

On the UV dimensions of Loop Quantum Gravity