Can Spin Foam Model of LQG Survive High-Energy Particles?

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It may be a simplistic question, but i wondered if the spin foam model
of LQG could survive a particle of 10-20 Mev ripping through its matrics.
 
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wolram said:
It may be a simplistic question, but i wondered if the spin foam model
of LQG could survive a particle of 10-20 Mev ripping through its matrics.

Surely if the spin-foam model is accurate (and remember, it is mostly used at present as a form of path integral), then the zipping macroscopically envisioned particle would be when viewed microscopically some kind of wave propagating zig-zag fashion through the foam. Particles after all would be in the foam not somehow or other prior to it.
 
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Thanks for reply SelfAdjoint.

It may sound strange that space time could be harmed in any way,
but as far as i know everything in nature is degradable, in one way
or another, so is ST indestructible?
 
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I prefer a different analogy. Spacetime is malleable, but resilient. It accommodates any transaction that does not violate causality [e.g., the laws of thermodynamics].
 
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