Research project Emergence of Time from Chaos in Operator Algebras
This is a large international interdisciplinary project between physics and philosophy. It applies novel mathematical tools of chaos hierarchy and operator algebras to address one of the most profound puzzles in modern physics: the emergent nature of time in gravitational systems. The project activities include theoretical work organized in three interconnected work packages investigating the role of quantum chaos in the emergence of time and observers in gravity and cosmology, and examining the philosophical implications of these findings.
The philosophical parts of the project that is carried out in Stockholm focuses on the comparison of different types of emergence for space and time and on the relation between emergence of space and time, realism, ontology, and observer-dependence.