Quantum gravity: Unification of principles and interactions, and promises of spectral geometry

Bernhelm Booss-Bavnbek; Giampiero Esposito; Matthias Lesch

doi:10.3842/SIGMA.2007.098

Quantum gravity: Unification of principles and interactions, and promises of spectral geometry

Bernhelm Booss-Bavnbek^*, Giampiero Esposito, Matthias Lesch

^*Corresponding author

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Abstract

Quantum gravity was born as that branch of modern theoretical physics that tries to unify its guiding principles, i.e., quantum mechanics and general relativity. Nowadays it is providing new insight into the unification of all fundamental interactions, while giving rise to new developments in modern mathematics. It is however unclear whether it will ever become a falsifiable physical theory, since it deals with Planck-scale physics. Reviewing a wide range of spectral geometry from index theory to spectral triples, we hope to dismiss the general opinion that the mere mathematical complexity of the unification programme will obstruct that programme.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Artikelnummer	098
Tidsskrift	Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications (SIGMA)
Vol/bind	3
Antal sider	29
ISSN	1815-0659
DOI	https://doi.org/10.3842/SIGMA.2007.098
Status	Udgivet - 2007

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