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Quantum Gravity

From Theory to Experimental Search

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  • © 2003

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  1. Domenico J. W. Giulini
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  2. Claus Kiefer
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  3. Claus Lämmerzahl
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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics (LNP, volume 631)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

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  2. Quantum Gravity — A General Introduction

    • Claus Kiefer
    Pages 3-13

  3. That Strange Procedure Called Quantisation

    • Domenico Giulini
    Pages 17-40

  4. Lectures on Loop Quantum Gravity

    • Thomas Thiemann
    Pages 41-135

  5. A Discrete History of the Lorentzian Path Integral

    • Renate Loll
    Pages 137-171

  6. Introduction to String Theory

    • Thomas Mohaupt
    Pages 173-251

  7. Quantum Theory of Gravitational Collapse (Lecture Notes on Quantum Conchology)

    • Petr Hájíček
    Pages 255-299

  8. Primordial Black Holes as a Probe of Cosmology and High Energy Physics

    • Bernard J. Carr
    Pages 301-321

  9. On the Assignment of Entropy to Black Holes

    • Daniel Sudarsky
    Pages 323-334

  10. Physics with Large Extra Dimensions and Non-Newtonian Gravity at Sub-mm Distances

    • Ignatios Antoniadis
    Pages 337-354

  11. Quantum States of Neutrons in the Gravitational Field and Limits for Non-Newtonian Interaction in the Range between 1 μm and 10 μm

    • Hartmut Abele, Stefan Baeßler, Alexander Westphal
    Pages 355-366

  12. The Einstein Equivalence Principle and the Search for New Physics

    • Claus Lämmerzahl
    Pages 367-394
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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.

 

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"The book contains a wealth of information that is invaluable for any postgraduate students interested in quantum gravity. The inclusion of an experimental section provides more depth to the discussions which is a welcome addition to the rest of the thorough mathematical treatment. It is a timely wake-up call for the budding student that even the theory of quantum gravity can now be aided by experimental evidence." (Contemporary Physics 2004, 45, page 534)

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