Quantum Gravity
Subtitle: From Theory to Experimental Search (Lecture Notes in Physics)
Contributors: Domenico J.W. Giulini (Editor); Claus Kiefer (Editor); Claus Lämmerzahl (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: November 5, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9783540408109
Subjects: Mathematics and Science; Science; Science/Mathematics; Geometry - Differential; Physics; Waves & Wave Mechanics; Mathematics-Geometry - Differential; Science / Physics; Science / Waves & Wave Mechanics; Science-Physics; Quantum gravity
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.