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DOI10.1023/A:1026720723556zbMATH Open1010.83503arXivgr-qc/9905048OpenAlexW1575824955MaRDI QIDQ1808034FDOQ1808034

Yanyan Li

Publication date: 30 November 1999

Published in: General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A satisfactory theory of quantum gravity may necessitate a drastic modification of our perception of space-time, by giving it a foamy structure at distances comparable to the Planck length. It is argued in this essay that the experimental detection of such structures may be a realistic possibility in the foreseeable future. After a brief review of different theoretical approaches to quantum gravity and the relationships between them, we discuss various possible experimental tests of the quantum nature of space-time. Observations of photons from distant astrophysical sources such as Gamma-Ray Bursters and laboratory experiments on neutral kaon decays may be sensitive to quantum-gravitational effects if they are only minimally suppressed. Experimental limits from the Whipple Observatory and the CPLEAR Collaboration are already probing close to the Planck scale, and significant increases in sensitivity are feasible.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9905048

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zbMATH Keywords

D-branes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Gravitational interaction in quantum theory (81V17) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Observational and experimental questions in relativity and gravitational theory (83B05)

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