Planck Scale Effects in Astrophysics and Cosmology

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kowalski-Glikman, Jurek (Editor), Amelino-Camelia, Giovanni (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 669
• Subjects: Physics.; Quantum field theory.; String theory.; Gravitation.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.; Quantum Field Theories, String Theory.

This volume is composed of extensive and detailed notes from the lectures given at the 40th Karpacz Winter School. This school focussed on quantum gravity phenomenology with emphasis on its relation to observational astrophysics and cosmology. These notes have been carefully edited with the aim to g...