Abstract
This article is an introduction for a theme issue following a Scientific Discussion Meeting on \emph{The next generation of analogue gravity experiments} held at the Royal Society in December 2019. This theme issue comprises a collection of recent advances of the research programme, as well as their philosophical implications, that were presented at the meeting.
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Cite this article: Jacquet MJ, Weinfurtner S, König F. 2020 The generation of analogue gravity experiments
We focus our attention on the content of this theme issue on The generation of analogue gravity experiments
It comprises 11 articles that touch on recent developments at the forefront of theoretical and experimental analogue gravity studies in both effectively 1+1- or 2+1dimensional space–time geometries
Summary
This article introduces the theme issue for the Scientific Discussion Meeting on The generation of analogue gravity experiments held at the Royal Society in December 2019. The evolution of analogue gravity studies can be divided into three phases: the ‘early years’ (between 1981 and 2008), when analogue gravity was mainly a theoretical field of research, followed by an ‘experimental age’, with an explosion of analogue gravity studies focusing mainly on the observation of the Hawking effect in a variety of media between 2008 and 2017.2 Over the last few years, a new wave of experiments have appeared, facing different challenges and attempting to extend the analogy beyond the observation of the Hawking effect in the laboratory. The reader will find a focused literature review at the beginning of each article
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