出版社:SISSA, Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati
摘要:The search for a quantum gravity (QG) theory has been one of the main aims of theoretical physics
for many years by now. However the efforts in this direction have been often hampered by the
lack of experimental/observational tests able to select among, or at least constrain, the numerous
quantum gravity models proposed so far. This situation has changed in the last decade thanks to
the realization that some QG inspired violations of Lorentz symmetry could be constrained using
current experiments and observations. This study it is not only allowing us to test at higher and
higher energies a fundamental symmetry of spacetime but it is also providing us with hints and
perspectives about the fundamental nature of gravity.