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SUMMARY:Testing Quantum Gravity: from wishful thinking to excitement and t
 hen ...?
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DESCRIPTION:This talk is meant to provoke some active discussion on the po
 ssibility of experimentally accessing signatures of quantum gravity. After
  reviewing current theoretical models and approaches to the (still eluding
 ) theory of quantum gravity\, I will try to describe various experimental 
 tests\, terrestrial\, astrophysical and even cosmological\, and discuss va
 rious sensitivities of current and immediate-future experimental facilitie
 s. In recent years the possibility of performing such tests (with sensitiv
 ity close to that expected by Quantum Gravity) in current and immediate-fu
 ture experiments caused some excitement\, especially in view of the fact t
 hat in certain approaches of quantum gravity CPT and/or Lorentz symmetries
  appear to be violated at high-energy (Planckian) scales\, but with "effec
 tive'' signatures that could be visible at a much lower energy scale. In t
 he talk I will discuss how certain one could be that such effective signat
 ures really represent quantum gravity effects. I will claim that some effe
 cts of quantum gravity appear at present to be unique\, but the sensitivit
 y of the respective tests is still an open issue and is highly model depen
 dent.\n\nhttps://indico.ific.uv.es/event/1514/
LOCATION:Dpto. de Física Teórica (UVEG) Sala Seminarios
URL:https://indico.ific.uv.es/event/1514/
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