Domenico J. W. Giulini, Claus Kiefer, Claus Lämmerzahl
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...
The relation between quantum theory and the theory of gravitation remains one of the most outstanding unresolved issues of modern physics. Accordin...
Friedrich W Hehl, Claus Kiefer, Ralph J.K. Metzler
This book addresses graduate students in the first place and is meant as a modern compendium to the existing texts on black hole astrophysics. The authors present in pedagogically written articles our present knowledge on black holes covering mathematical models including numerical aspects and physics and astronomical observations as well. In addition, in their write-up of a panel discussion the participants of the school address the existence of black holes consenting that it has by now been verified with certainty.
This book addresses graduate students in the first place and is meant as a modern compendium to the existing texts on black hole astrophysics. The aut...
Domenico J. W. Giulini, Claus Kiefer, Claus Lämmerzahl
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...
The relation between quantum theory and the theory of gravitation remains one of the most outstanding unresolved issues of modern physics. Accordin...
The search for a quantum theory of the gravitational field is one of the great open problems in theoretical physics. This book presents a self-contained discussion of the concepts, methods and applications that can be expected in such a theory. The two main approaches to its construction -- the direct quantisation of Einstein's general theory of relativity and string theory -- are covered. Whereas the first attempts to construct a viable theory for the gravitational field alone, string theory assumes that a quantum theory of gravity will be achieved only through a unification of all the...
The search for a quantum theory of the gravitational field is one of the great open problems in theoretical physics. This book presents a self-contain...
Friedrich W Hehl, Claus Kiefer, Ralph J.K. Metzler
This book addresses graduate students in the first place and is meant as a modern compendium to the existing texts on black hole astrophysics. The authors present in pedagogically written articles our present knowledge on black holes covering mathematical models including numerical aspects and physics and astronomical observations as well. In addition, in their write-up of a panel discussion the participants of the school address the existence of black holes consenting that it has by now been verified with certainty.
This book addresses graduate students in the first place and is meant as a modern compendium to the existing texts on black hole astrophysics. The aut...
