Gravity, Strings and Particles A Journey Into the Unknown /

• Main Author: Gasperini, Maurizio (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Physics.; Mathematical physics.; Quantum field theory.; String theory.; Gravitation.; Cosmology.; Astronomy.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Quantum Field Theories, String Theory.; Mathematical Physics.

New fundamental forces of Nature? New forms of "dark'' energy? Signals from epochs preceding the Big Bang? Is our space-time unique? Only a joint study of the three topics examined in this book – gravity, strings and particles – may provide answers to these questions. Such a study may...

Table of Contents:

• From the Contents: Prologue: inside the energy walls of our \cradle"
• Gravity at small distances
• Gravity at large distances
• Space, time and space-time
• Strings and fundamental interactions
• The past of our Universe.