New paths towards quantum gravity / Bernhelm Booss-Bavnbek, Giampiero Esposito, Matthias Lesch (eds.).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Booss, Bernhelm, 1941-

Esposito, Giampiero.

Lesch, Matthias, 1961-

Series:

Lecture notes in physics ; 807.

The lecture notes in physics, 0075-8450 ; 807

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quantum gravity.

Physical Description:

xix, 359 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; London : Springer, [2010]

Summary:

Aside from the obvious statement that it should be a theory capable of unifying general relativity and quantum field theory, not much is known about the true nature of quantum gravity. New ideas - and there are many of them for this is an exciting field of research - often diverge to a degree where it seems impossible to decide in which of the many possible direction(s) the ongoing developments should be further sustained. The division of the book in two (overlapping) parts reflects the duality between the physical vision and the mathematical construction. The former is represented by tutorial reviews on non-commutative geometry, on space-time discretization and renormalization and on gauge field path integrals. The latter one by lectures on cohomology, on stochastic geometry and on mathematical tools for the effective action in quantum gravity. The book will benefit everyone working or entering the field of quantum gravity research.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783642118968

3642118968

9783642118975

3642118976

OCLC:

632088135