Microscopic black holes as probes for quantum gravity
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| Year of publication | 2022 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Corfu Summer Institute 2021 "School and Workshops on Elementary Particle Physics and Gravity" (CORFU2021) - Workshop on Quantum Geometry, Field Theory and Gravity |
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| Citation | |
| Web | https://pos.sissa.it/406/300/ |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.22323/1.406.0300 |
| Keywords | Black holes; High energy physics; Quantum theory; Stars |
| Description | One of the main goals of contemporary theoretical physics is to find the quantum theory of gravity. There are various working hypotheses, mostly operating in the regime of high-energy physics well above the reach of particle accelerators. So far, strong experimental or observational evidence to guide the theory is missing. A possible consequence of quantum gravity and quantum spacetime that is often discussed is the vacuum dispersion effect. In this paper, we consider a different line of quantum space phenomenology, the behaviour of microscopic black holes. Even though their exact nature is unknown, some of their features are very model-independent, allowing us to draw conclusions about their role in the current cosmological models. |
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