2005/08/31 by Claus Kiefer · 5 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories #gr-qc #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1002/andp.200510175
published as Annalen Phys. 15 (2005) 129-148 · 21 pages, 6 figures, invited contribution for "Annalen der Physik", v2: minor corrections, additional references
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I briefly review the current status of quantum gravity. After giving some general motivations for the need of such a theory, I discuss the main approaches in quantizing general relativity: Covariant approaches (perturbation theory, effective theory, and path integrals) and canonical approaches (quantum geometrodynamics, loop quantum gravity). I then address quantum gravitational aspects of string theory. This is followed by a discussion of black holes and quantum cosmology. I end with some remarks on the observational status of quantum gravity.