Quantum Gravity (International Series of Monographs on Physics)
ISBN-13:
9780198506874
ISBN-10:
0198506872
Author:
Claus Kiefer
Publication date:
2004
Publisher:
Clarendon Press
Format:
Hardcover
320 pages
Category:
Gravity
,
Physics
,
Quantum Theory
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ISBN-13:
9780198506874
ISBN-10:
0198506872
Author:
Claus Kiefer
Publication date:
2004
Publisher:
Clarendon Press
Format:
Hardcover
320 pages
Category:
Gravity
,
Physics
,
Quantum Theory
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Quantum Gravity (International Series of Monographs on Physics) (ISBN-13: 9780198506874 and ISBN-10: 0198506872), written by authors
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The search for a quantum theory of the gravitational field is one of the great open problems in theoretical physics. This book presents a self-contained discussion of the concepts, methods and applications that can be expected in such a theory. The two main approaches to its construction - the direct quantization of Einstein's general theory of relativity and string theory - are covered. Whereas the first attempts to construct a viable theory for the gravitational field alone, string theory assumes that a quantum theory of gravity will be achieved only through a unification of all the interactions. However, both employ the general method of quantization of constrained systems, which is described together with illustrative examples relevant for quantum gravity. There is a detailed presentation of the main approaches employed in quantum general relativity: path integral quantization, the background-field method and canonical quantum gravity in the metric, connection and loop formulations. The discussion of string theory centers around its quantum-gravitational aspects and the comparison with quantum general relativity. Physical applications discussed at length include the quantization of black holes, quantum cosmology, the indications of a discrete structure of spacetime, and the origin of irreversibility. This book will be of interest to researchers and students working in relativity and gravitation, cosmology, quantum field theory and related topics. It will also be of interest to mathematicians and philosophers of science.
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