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Analogue Gravity

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Barceló, Carlos, Liberati, Stefano, Visser, Matt·2005·Living Reviews in Relativity

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Analogue models of (and for) gravity have a long and distinguished history dating back to the earliest years of general relativity. In this review article we will discuss the history, aims, results, and future prospects for the various analogue models. We start the discussion by presenting a particularly simple example of an analogue model, before exploring the rich history and complex tapestry of models discussed in the literature. The last decade in particular has seen a remarkable and sustained development of analogue gravity ideas, leading to some hundreds of published articles, a workshop, two books, and this review article. Future prospects for the analogue gravity programme also look promising, both on the experimental front (where technology is rapidly advancing) and on the theoretical front (where variants of analogue models can be used as a springboard for radical attacks on the problem of quantum gravity).

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Authors
Barceló, C., Liberati, S., & Visser, M.
Affiliations
  • Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (ES)
  • Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (IT)
  • Victoria University of Wellington (NZ)
Corresponding author
Barceló, Carlos
Venue
Living Reviews in Relativity
Published
2005-12
Volume
8
Issue
1
Pages
12-12
ISSN
  • 1433-8351 (ISSN-L)
  • 2367-3613
OpenAlex
W3037613900
Cited by
1,163
References
713
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3.07
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journal article
Language
en
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Funders
  • Royal Society
  • Royal Society Te Apārangi
  • Junta de Andalucía
  • Marsden Fund
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Relativity and Gravitational Theory
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Statistical and Nonlinear Physics › Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories
Keywords
analogue gravity, general relativity, quantum gravity, tests of general relativity

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