Effective Spacetime: Understanding Emergence in Effective Field Theory and Quantum Gravity
Springer | Applied Physics | August 8, 2016 | ISBN-10: 3319395068 | 205 pages | pdf | 3.06 mb
Authors: Crowther, Karen
A carefully reasoned and detailed presentation
Addresses the existential questions of theoretical physics
Of interest to both physicists and philosophers

This book discusses the notion that quantum gravity may represent the "breakdown" of spacetime at extremely high energy scales. If spacetime does not exist at the fundamental level, then it has to be considered "emergent", in other words an effective structure, valid at low energy scales. The author develops a conception of emergence appropriate to effective theories in physics, and shows how it applies (or could apply) in various approaches to quantum gravity, including condensed matter approaches, discrete approaches, and loop quantum gravity.

Number of Illustrations and Tables
21 b/w illustrations
Topics
Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory
Cosmology
History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics

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