Touring the Planck Scale : Antonio Aurilia Memorial Volume / edited by Piero Nicolini.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nicolini, Piero.

Series:

Fundamental Theories of Physics, 2365-6425 ; 219

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gravitation.

Mathematical physics.

Cosmology.

Particles (Nuclear physics).

Quantum field theory.

Classical and Quantum Gravity.

Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.

Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.

Local Subjects:

Classical and Quantum Gravity.

Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.

Cosmology.

Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (419 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2025.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2025.

Summary:

This book in honor of Antonio Aurilia provides an overview of one of the most mysterious research fields in theoretical physics, namely the fundamental interactions at energies between the electroweak scale and the Planck scale. The latter includes physics beyond the Standard Model, strings and p-branes, quantum gravity, quantum black holes and early Universe cosmology. A related goal of the work is to present the physical conditions upon which some piece of evidence of new physics at extreme energies can be exposed at current (or near future) experimental facilities. The work is organized in three parts. The first part schematically introduces the problem of fundamental interactions and summarizes the life and work of Prof. Aurilia. The second part forms the body of the book. It contains contributions from internationally recognized specialists who collaborated with Prof. Aurilia, such as R. Balbinot, B. Carr, G. Dvali, A. Fabbri, P. Gaete, J. A. Helayël-Neto, R. Mann, J. Mureika, D. Singleton, A. Smailagic, E. Spallucci and P. Townsend. The third part summarizes the work and draws the conclusions with particular attention to future developments.

Contents:

Introduction

The issue of fundamental interactions

Life and work of Antonio Aurilia

The Physics from the electroweak to the Planck scale

Particle sectors beyond the Standard Model

Noncommutative and nonlocal quantum field theory

Supergravity, superstrings and quantum gravity

Evaporating black holes and black hole thermodynamics

Quantum pregeometry and Planckian black holes

Analogue gravity systems

Higher dimensional spacetimes and terascale quantum gravity

Dimensionally reduced Universe and Planck time cosmology

Future perspectives

Summary of the proposed results and potential developments

Experimental observations in the near future

Final remarks and conclusions. Contributors: Robert Balbinot (Bologna U. & INFN, Bologna), Patricio Gaete (CCTVal, Valparaiso & Santa Maria U., Valparaiso), José A. Helayël-Neto (Rio de Janeiro, CBPF), Robert Mann (Waterloo U. & Perimeter Inst. Theor. Phys.), Jonas Mureika (LMU, Los Angeles), Hermann Nicolai (Potsdam, MaxPlanck Inst.), Douglas Singleton (Fresno State), Anais Smailagic (INFN, Trieste), Euro Spallucci (Trieste U. & INFN, Trieste), Paul K. Townsend (Cambridge U., DAMPT).

ISBN:

3-031-76066-2

OCLC:

1534807888