Experimental Search for Quantum Gravity (eBook)

Dr. Sabine Hossenfelder is a research fellow at the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies. Her research focuses on topics ranging from the physics of black holes to cosmology to the foundations of quantum mechanics. She devoted more than ten years to investigate the question where to best search for experimental evidence of quantum gravity. She worked at Nordita (Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics), Stockholm, Sweden; the Perimeter Institute, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada; the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA and at the University of Arizona, USA.Contributing Authors:​Matthias Lorenz, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique CEA Saclay, FranceDavid Brizuela, Manuel Kraemer, University of the Basque Country, SpainTim Lappe, University of Bonn, GermanyFabian Mueller, Institute of Mathematics, University Frankfurt, GermanyFabienne Schneiter, University Tübingen, GermanyGiacomo D'Amico, Università di Roma La Sapienza, ItalyJosé Manuel Carmona, Universidad de Zaragoza, SpainAlexander Maximilian Eller, Darmstadt University of Technology, GSI Helmholtz Center, GermanyHelena Schmidt, German National Metrologic Institute (PTB), Berlin, Germany Giovanni Amelino-Camelia, Dipt Fisica, Sapienza University of Rome, ItalySabina Scully, Australian National University, AustraliaAntonia Micol Frassino, Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS) andUniversity Frankfurt, GermanyMatteo Trudu, University of Cagliari, ItalyMartin Seltmann, Technical University (TU) Munich, GermanyManon Bischoff, University Mainz, GermanyMichael Florian Wondrak, FIAS, Frankfurt, Germany

Preface (S. Hossenfelder).- Astroparticle physics connections to the quantum gravity problem (M. Lorenz).- The search for a tiny hint from quantum gravity in the cosmic relic radiation (D. Brizuela, M. Kraemer).- Superfluid Helium: the Volovik Lessons (T. Lappe).- On the Paradigms of Quantum Gravity 2016 (F. Mueller).- On the Measurement of the Speed of Light in a Cavity (F. Schneiter).- Neutrino: the elusive particle bringing us closer to the world of quantum gravity (G. D'Amico).- Gravitational Waves: The “Sound” Of The Universe (J. M. Carmona).- Planck Star Phenomenology (A. M. Eller).- Gravitational measurements at small distances (H. Schmidt).- Return on investment in quantum-gravity research (G. Amelino-Camelia).- Semiclassical Gravity: A testable theory of Quantum Gravity (S. Scully).- Quantum gravity deformations (A. M. Frassino).- General Relativity, Black Holes and Planck Stars (M. Trudu).- Spacetime Structure: Analogy in Condensed Matter & Quantum Information (M. Seltmann).- Experimental Search for Quantum Gravity using Cosmology (M. Bischoff).- The Cosmological Constant and its Problems: A Review of Gravitational Aether (M. F. Wondrak).