Classical and quantum nonlocality : International School of Cosmology and Gravitation XVI course, Erice, Italy, 27 April-4 May 1999 / eds.,P.G. Bergmann, V.de Sabbata, J.N. Goldberg.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Bergmann, Peter Gabriel.

De Sabbata, Venzo.

Goldberg, Joshua.

Conference Name:

International School of Cosmology and Gravitation (16th : 1999 : Erice, Italy)

Series:

Science and culture series (Singapore). Physics ; 18.

The science and culture series--Physics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quantum theory--Congresses.

Quantum theory.

Physics--Congresses.

Physics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 p.)

Place of Publication:

Singapore ; River Edge, NJ : World Scientific, C2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book provides an up-to-date understanding of the progress and current problems of the interplay of nonlocality in the classical theories of gravitation and quantum theory. These problems lie on the border between general relativity and quantum physics, including quantum gravity.

Contents:

CONTENTS; PREFACE; BOHR'S AND MACH'S CONCEPTIONS OF NON-LOCALITY IN GRAVITATION; 1. Locality vs. Non-Locality: On microscopic and telescopic approaches to gravitation; 2. Einstein's early attempt to realise telescopic elements in a relativistic field theory; 3. The fixing of the reference tetrads by the motion of cosmic matter; 3.1 Field equations of Einstein-Mayer type; 3.2 On the canonical formalism; 4. Conclusions: On new perspectives in quantum gravitation; 5. Acknowledgment; 6. References; NON-LOCALITY VERSUS LOCALITY: THE EPISTEMOLOGICAL BACKGROUND OF THE EINSTEIN-BOHR DEBATE

1. Introduction2. Quantum Mechanics and the Physical Reality Concept; 2.1 On Bohr's and Einstein's Conceptions of Measurement and Reality; 2.2 The Subject of Cognition in the Scientific World Picture; 2.3 Means of Cognition and the Physical Concept of Space; 3. Heisenberg's Cut and the Limitations of its Movability; 3.1 Heisenberg Cut; 3.2 Limits to the Movability of the Cut; 4. Final Remark; 5. References; Global Energy and Non-local Energy; 1. Introduction; 2. Noethers Theorem; 3. Global Energy; 4. Quasi-local mass; References; ASPECTS OF PHYSICAL NONLOCALITY; 1. Introduction

2. Particle and Field3. Relativistic Invariance; 4. Nonlocality; 5. Quantum Boundary Conditions; 6. Electromagnetism in a Box; 7. Gravitation and Concluding Remarks; 8. References; THE EPR ARGUMENT AND QUANTUM NONLOCALITY; 1. Introduction; 2. The EPR entanglement; 3. Quantum nonlocality; 4. Conclusion; Acknowledgement; REFERENCES; Non-commuting geometry and Spin Fluctuations; 1. Introduction; 2. A quadratic Hamiltonian; 3.Spin fluctuation; APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B; APPENDIX C; References; Noncommutative Geometry for Pedestrians; 1 Introduction; 2 A simple example

3 Noncommutative electromagnetic theory4 Metrics; 5 Linear Connections; 6 Gravity; 7 Regularization; 8 Kaluza-Klein theory; 9 Quantum groups and spaces; 10 Mathematics; 11 String Theory; Acknowledgments; References; Some Topics and Trials on the Theory of Non-Local Fields - Theory of Fields in Finsler Spaces and Fluctuation of Space-Time; Introduction

Yukawa's theory of non-local fields; Part I. Theory of Fields in Finsler Spaces ; 1. Finsler geometry; 2. Fields of elementary particles; (1) Scalar field and internal freedom; (2) Spinor field and associated gauge fields

3. Gravitational field(1) Equation of gravitational field

- Directional dependence; (2) Equation of gravitational field; (3) Finsler spaces of constant curvature; 4. Generalization of Finsler spaces; 5. Spaces whose metric tensor depends on spinor variables ; Part II. Fluctuation of Space-Time; 6. Removal of divergence in connection with causality; 7. Fluctuation of space-time; 8. Fluctuation of space-time and elementary particles ; References; Quantum Gravity Phenomenology; 1 Introduction; 2 Space-time foam from D-particle recoil; 3 Refractive Index in Vacuo

4 Maxwell's Equations Revisited

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-93418-6

9786611934187

981-279-293-7

OCLC:

922951830