Planck Scale Effects in Astrophysics and Cosmology

Planck Scale Kinematics and the Pierre Auger Observatory.- Quantum Gravity.- Introduction to Quantum-Gravity Phenomenology.- Astrophysical Bounds on Planck Suppressed Lorentz Violation.- Introduction to Doubly Special Relativity.- Interferometry as a Universal Tool in Physics.- Inflationary Cosmological Perturbations of Quantum--Mechanical Origin.- CPT Violation and Decoherence in Quantum Gravity.- Quantum Foan and Quantum Gravity Phenomenology.- Gamma-Ray Bursts as Probes for Quantum Gravity.- Loop Quantum Gravity and Planck Scale Phenomenology.

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