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"Minimal Length Scale Scenarios for Quantum Gravity"
Sabine Hossenfelder
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Abstract
1
Introduction
2
A Minimal History
3
Motivations
3.1
Thought experiments
3.2
String theory
3.3
Loop Quantum Gravity and Loop Quantum Cosmology
3.4
Quantized conformal fluctuations
3.5
Asymptotically Safe Gravity
3.6
Non-commutative geometry
3.7
Miscellaneous
3.8
Summary of motivations
4
Models and Applications
4.1
Interpretation of a minimal length scale
4.2
Modified commutation relations
4.3
Quantum mechanics with a minimal length scale
4.4
Quantum field theory with a minimal length scale
4.5
Deformed Special Relativity
4.6
Composite systems and statistical mechanics
4.7
Path-integral duality
4.8
Direct applications of the uncertainty principle
4.9
Miscellaneous
5
Discussion
5.1
Interrelations
5.2
Observable consequences
5.3
Is it possible that there is no minimal length?
6
Summary
Acknowledgements
Index
References
Footnotes
Figures
Tables
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