1201.5743 (Mairi Sakellariadou et al.)

Noncommutative spectral geometry, dissipation and the origin of
quantization    [PDF]

Mairi Sakellariadou, Antonio Stabile, Giuseppe Vitiello

We present a physical interpretation of the doubling of the algebra, which is
the basic ingredient of the noncommutative spectral geometry, developed by
Connes and collaborators as an approach to unification. We discuss its
connection to dissipation and to the gauge structure of the theory. We then
argue, following 't Hooft's conjecture, that noncommutative spectral geometry
classical construction carries implicit in its feature of the doubling of the
algebra the seeds of quantization.

View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1201.5743