Quantum Gravity

2004/05/21 by Enrique Alvarez, Enrique Alarcón Álvarez
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories #gr-qc

paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/11377306_2

Lectures given at Karpacz. 40 pages, submitted to Lecture Notes in Physics. Bigger figures

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Abstract

General lectures on quantum gravity.

Citations

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• Particle creation by black holes
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