Scattering at planckian energies

Herman Verlinde; Erik Verlinde

doi:10.1016/0550-3213(92)90236-5

Scattering at planckian energies

Herman Verlinde, Erik Verlinde

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We give a systematic analysis of forward scattering in (3+1)-dimensional quantum gravity, at center of mass energies comparable or larger than the Planck energy. We show that quantum gravitational effects in this kinematical regime are described by means of a topological field theory. We find that the scattering amplitudes display a universal behaviour similar to two-dimensional string amplitudes, thereby recovering results obtained previously by 't Hooft. Finally, we discuss the two-particle process in some detail.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	246-268
Number of pages	23
Journal	Nuclear Physics, Section B
Volume	371
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0550-3213(92)90236-5
State	Published - Mar 2 1992

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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