Quantum Gravity: From Theory to Experimental Search

Quantum Gravity: From Theory to Experimental Search
ISBN-10
366214400X
ISBN-13
9783662144008
Series
Quantum Gravity
Category
Science
Pages
402
Language
English
Published
2014-03-12
Publisher
Springer
Authors
Claus Kiefer, Claus Lämmerzahl, Domenico J. W. Giulini

Description

The relation between quantum theory and the theory of gravitation remains one of the most outstanding unresolved issues of modern physics. According to general expectation, general relativity as well as quantum (field) theory in a fixed background spacetime cannot be fundamentally correct. Hence there should exist a broader theory comprising both in appropriate limits, i.e., quantum gravity. This book gives readers a comprehensive introduction accessible to interested non-experts to the main issues surrounding the search for quantum gravity. These issues relate to fundamental questions concerning the various formalisms of quantization; specific questions concerning concrete processes, like gravitational collapse or black-hole evaporation; and the all important question concerning the possibility of experimental tests of quantum-gravity effects.

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