Giovanni Amelino-Camelia
Giovanni Amelino-Camelia (born 14 December 1965) is an Italian physicist of the University of Rome La Sapienza who works on quantum gravity. He is the first proposer of Doubly special relativity[1] that is the idea of introducing the Planck length in physics as an observer-independent quantity, obtaining a relativistic theory (like Galileian relativity and Einstein's special relativity). The principles of Doubly special relativity probably imply the loss of the notion of classical (Riemannian) spacetime; this led Amelino-Camelia to the study of non-commutative geometry as a feasible theory of quantum spacetime. Amelino-Camelia is famous also for being the initiator of "quantum-gravity phenomenology", for being the first[2] to show that with some experiments under reach of current technology sensitivity to Planck-scale effects is feasible (see Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope).
[edit] References
- ^ Amelino-Camelia: "Relativity in space-times with short-distance structure governed by an observer-independent (Planckian) length scale", Int.J.Mod.Phys. D11: 35–60, 2002, arXiv:gr-qc/0012051, Bibcode 2002IJMPD..11...35A, doi:10.1142/S0218271802001330
- ^ Amelino-Camelia et al.: "Potential Sensitivity of Gamma-Ray Burster Observations to Wave Dispersion in Vacuo", Nature 393 (6687): 763–765, 1998, arXiv:astro-ph/9712103, Bibcode 1998Natur.393..763A, doi:10.1038/31647
[edit] External links
- Homepage at the INFN of Rome, ITALY
- Works published at arXiv.org
- "Are we at the dawn of quantum-gravity phenomenology?" (1999, Slides)
- Small interview at "Essential Science Indicators" (2003, with photo)
- "Quantum Gravity Phenomenology" Living Reviews in Relativity (2008)
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