String Gravity and Physics at the Planck Energy Scale (Hardcover, 1996 ed.)

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.

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	NATO Science Series C, 476
Release date:	March 1996
First published:	1996
Editors:	Norma G. Sànchez • Antonino Zichichi
Dimensions:	240 x 160mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	544
Edition:	1996 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-7923-3990-8
Categories:	Books
LSN:	0-7923-3990-8
Barcode:	9780792339908

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