The Universe of Fluctuations [electronic resource] : The Architecture of Spacetime and the Universe /
Sidharth, B. G.author.
The failure of all attempts to unify gravitation with other fundamental interactions has lead to an abandonment of point particles and differentiable spacetime of General Relativity and Quantum Theory, including Quantum Field Theory. While Quantum Superstrings (or M-Theory) and other Quantum Gravity approaches work with a lattice like structure or extended objects, several unanswered questions remain. The book describes another approach in which oscillators at the Planck scale from a background Quantum Vacuum are fundamental. We describe how this leads to the formation of the elementary partic
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The failure of all attempts to unify gravitation with other fundamental interactions has lead to an abandonment of point particles and differentiable spacetime of General Relativity and Quantum Theory, including Quantum Field Theory. While Quantum Superstrings (or M-Theory) and other Quantum Gravity approaches work with a lattice like structure or extended objects, several unanswered questions remain. The book describes another approach in which oscillators at the Planck scale from a background Quantum Vacuum are fundamental. We describe how this leads to the formation of the elementary partic
Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-179) and index.
The Unification Paradigm -- Standard Models of Physics and Cosmology -- Different Approaches: Quantum Superstrings and Quantum Gravity -- Other Approaches -- Fuzzy Spacetime and the Planck Scale -- The Universe of Fluctuations -- Quantum Geometry -- How Fundamental is Gravitation? -- The Elusive Mass Spectrum -- Experimental Effects.
Astronomy.
Astrophysics.
Quantum physics.
Gravitation.
Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.
Quantum Physics.
Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.