Asymptotic safety and black holes /

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Author / Creator:	Falls, Kevin, author.
Imprint:	Cham : Springer, 2013.
Description:	1 online resource : illustrations.
Language:	English
Series:	Springer theses Springer theses.
Subject:	General relativity (Physics) Black holes (Astronomy) Black holes (Astronomy) General relativity (Physics)
Format:	E-Resource Dissertations Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9900331

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ISBN:	9783319012940 (electronic bk.) 3319012940 (electronic bk.) 9783319012933
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed Dec. 6, 2013).
Summary:	One of the open challenges in fundamental physics is to combine Einstein's theory of general relativity with the principles of quantum mechancis. In this thesis, the question is raised whether metric quantum gravity could be fundamental in the spirit of Steven Weinberg's seminal asymptotic safety conjecture, and if so, what are the consequences for the physics of small, possibly Planck-size black holes? To address the first question, new techniques are provided which allow, for the first time, a self-consistent study of high-order polynomial actions including up to 34 powers in the Ricci scala.

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