String Quantum Gravity And Physics At The Planck Energy Scale

Author : Norma G. Sànchez
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400902379
Total Pages : 546 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book String Gravity and Physics at the Planck Energy Scale written by Norma G. Sànchez and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contemporary trends in the quantum unification of all interactions including gravity motivate this Course. The main goal and impact of modern string theory is to provide a consistent quantum theory of gravity. This, Course is intended to provide an updated understanding of the last developments and current problems of string theory in connection with gravity and the physics at the Planck energy scale. It is also the aim of this Course to discuss fundamental problems of quantum gravity in the present-day context irrespective of strings or any other models. Emphasis is given to the mutual impact of string theory, gravity and cosmology, within a deep a well defined programme, which provides, in addition, a careful interdisciplinarity. Since the most relevant new physics provided by strings concerns the quantization of gravity, we must, at least, understand string quantization in curved space-times to start. Curved space-times, besides their evident relevance m classical gravitation, are also important at energies of the order of the Planck scale. At the Planck energy, gravitational interactions are at least as important as the rest and can not be neglected anymore. Special care is taken here to provide the grounds of the different lines of research in competition (not just only one approach); this provides an excellent opportunity to learn about the real state of the discipline, and to learn it in a critical way.

Author : Antonino Zichichi
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9814553980
Total Pages : 606 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book String Quantum Gravity And Physics At The Planck Energy Scale - International Workshop On Theoretical Physics written by Antonino Zichichi and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1993-06-30 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The papers in this volume provide an updated status of the last developments and current problems in string theory in connection with gravity and the physics at the Planck scale. This volume also contains excellent discussions on fundamental problems of quantum gravity and the physics at the Planck energy scale in the present-day context, irrespective of strings or any other models.

Author : Normalized Sanchez
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789814536653
Total Pages : 590 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book String Quantum Gravity and Physics at the Planck Energy Scale written by Normalized Sanchez and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Craig Callender
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521664455
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Physics Meets Philosophy at the Planck Scale written by Craig Callender and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001-01-29 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Was the first book to examine the exciting area of overlap between philosophy and quantum mechanics with chapters by leading experts from around the world.

Author : Jim Baggott
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0198809115
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Quantum Space written by Jim Baggott and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2018-11-22 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today we are blessed with two extraordinarily successful theories of physics. The first is Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity, which describes the large-scale behaviour of matter in a curved spacetime. This theory is the basis for the standard model of big bang cosmology. The discovery of gravitational waves at the LIGO observatory in the US (and then Virgo, in Italy) is only the most recent of this theory's many triumphs. The second is quantum mechanics. This theory describes the properties and behaviour of matter and radiation at their smallest scales. It is the basis for the standard model of particle physics, which builds up all the visible constituents of the universe out of collections of quarks, electrons and force-carrying particles such as photons. The discovery of the Higgs boson at CERN in Geneva is only the most recent of this theory's many triumphs. But, while they are both highly successful, these two structures leave a lot of important questions unanswered. They are also based on two different interpretations of space and time, and are therefore fundamentally incompatible. We have two descriptions but, as far as we know, we've only ever had one universe. What we need is a quantum theory of gravity. Approaches to formulating such a theory have primarily followed two paths. One leads to String Theory, which has for long been fashionable, and about which much has been written. But String Theory has become mired in problems. In this book, Jim Baggott describes "the road less travelled": an approach which takes relativity as its starting point, and leads to a structure called Loop Quantum Gravity. Baggott tells the story through the careers and pioneering work of two of the theory's most prominent contributors, Lee Smolin and Carlo Rovelli. Combining clear discussions of both quantum theory and general relativity, this book offers one of the first efforts to explain the new quantum theory of space and time.

Author : Steff Jaywan
Publisher : Dedona Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 47 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Quantum Gravity written by Steff Jaywan and published by Dedona Publishing. This book was released on with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quantum gravity is a field of theoretical physics that aims to describe the gravitational force according to the principles of quantum mechanics. Key Concepts General relativity, developed by Albert Einstein, describes gravity as the curvature of spacetime caused by mass and energy. It works extremely well at large scales, such as in predicting planetary orbits and the behavior of black holes. On the other hand, quantum mechanics deals with the fundamental behavior of particles at the smallest scales, such as atoms and subatomic particles. It incorporates principles like wave-particle duality, quantization, and uncertainty. The Need for Quantum Gravity Despite their success, general relativity and quantum mechanics are fundamentally incompatible. General relativity treats gravity as a smooth, continuous field, while quantum mechanics relies on quantized fields and inherently probabilistic events. When attempting to describe situations where both quantum effects and strong gravitational effects are significant, such as in the vicinity of black holes or during the Big Bang, the theories conflict. Quantum gravity aims to unify these two frameworks. Approaches to Quantum Gravity Several approaches have been proposed to formulate a theory of quantum gravity. String theory proposes that fundamental particles are not point-like but instead one-dimensional "strings" that vibrate at different frequencies. This theory inherently includes gravity and attempts to unify all fundamental forces. Loop quantum gravity (LQG) focuses on quantizing spacetime itself, positing that spacetime has a discrete structure at the smallest scales and attempts to describe the quantum properties of spacetime directly, without relying on a background. Causal dynamical triangulations (CDT) is a method of simulating quantum spacetime by breaking it down into discrete, simplicial building blocks, like triangles or tetrahedra, and studying how these blocks combine to form spacetime. Asymptotic safety aims to define a quantum theory of gravity that remains consistent and finite at all energy scales by identifying a fixed point in the theory's parameter space where the theory remains predictive and well-behaved.

Author : Michael Dine
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9814350516
Total Pages : 873 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book String Theory and Its Applications written by Michael Dine and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2011-09-30 with total page 873 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is based on lectures given at the TASI summer school of 2010. It aims to provide advanced graduate students, postdoctorates and senior researchers with a survey of important topics in particle physics and string theory, with special emphasis on applications of methods from string theory and quantum gravity in condensed matter physics and QCD (especially heavy ion physics).

Author : Lawrence B. Crowell
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9812565159
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Quantum Fluctuations of Spacetime written by Lawrence B. Crowell and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2005 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three key aspects of quantum gravity are considered in this book: phenomenology, potential experimental aspects and foundational theory. The phenomenology is the treatment of metric quantum fluctuations as torsional curves that deviate from classical expectations. This leads to possible experimental configurations that may detect such fluctuations. Most of these proposed experiments are quantum optical measurements of subtle quantum gravity effects in the interaction of photons and atoms. The foundational discussions attempt to find an substratum to string theories, which are motivated by the phenomenological treatment. Quantum gravity is not the quantization of general relativity, but is instead the embedding of quantum theory and gravitation into a more fundamental field theoretic framework.

Author : Andres Gomberoff
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387249923
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lectures on Quantum Gravity written by Andres Gomberoff and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-05-30 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 2002 Pan-American Advanced Studies Institute School on Quantum Gravity was held at the Centro de Estudios Cientificos (CECS),Valdivia, Chile, January 4-14, 2002. The school featured lectures by ten speakers, and was attended by nearly 70 students from over 14 countries. A primary goal was to foster interaction and communication between participants from different cultures, both in the layman’s sense of the term and in terms of approaches to quantum gravity. We hope that the links formed by students and the school will persist throughout their professional lives, continuing to promote interaction and the essential exchange of ideas that drives research forward. This volume contains improved and updated versions of the lectures given at the School. It has been prepared both as a reminder for the participants, and so that these pedagogical introductions can be made available to others who were unable to attend. We expect them to serve students of all ages well.

Author : Horaţiu Năstase
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030150771
Total Pages : 462 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cosmology and String Theory written by Horaţiu Năstase and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-04-04 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cosmology describes the evolution of the Universe and is based on a description of its beginning from quantum fluctuations. String theory is the only known consistent theory of quantum gravity that can deal with the highest energy scales near the Planck energy, relevant for cosmology's beginning. As a result, only string theory can give a fully consistent picture of cosmological origins. This book describes the best current avenues for obtaining cosmology from string theory. It is aimed at graduate students, and also researchers, with some familiarity with cosmology and string theory, however no detailed knowledge is required.