Quantum Gravity: From Theory to Experimental Search: 631 (Lecture Notes in Physics, 631) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 354040810X ISBN 13: 9783540408109

Publisher: Springer, 2003

Synopsis

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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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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 354040810X
• ISBN 13: 9783540408109
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 414
• Editor: Giulini Domenico J. W., Kiefer Claus, Lämmerzahl Claus