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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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Book Title: Quantum Gravity
Book Subtitle: From Theory to Experimental Search
Editors: Domenico J. W. Giulini, Claus Kiefer, Claus Lämmerzahl
Series Title: Lecture Notes in Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b13561
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2003
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-40810-9Published: 16 September 2003
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-07402-8Published: 04 December 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-45230-0Published: 12 September 2003
Series ISSN: 0075-8450
Series E-ISSN: 1616-6361
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 402
Topics: Quantum Field Theories, String Theory, Differential Geometry, Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory, Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory