Loop Quantum Gravity: The First 30 Years (100 Years of General Relativity)

Ashtekar, Abhay (EDT)/ Pullin, Jorge (EDT)

World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd（2017/05発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 320 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9789813209930
• DDC分類 530.12

Full Description

'Written by young theoretical physicists who are experts in the field, this volume is meant both to provide an introduction to the field and to offer a review of the latest developments, not discussed in many other existing books, for senior researchers. It will also appeal to scientists who do not work directly on LQG but are interested in issues at the interface of general relativity and quantum physics.'CERN CourierThis volume presents a snapshot of the state-of-the-art in loop quantum gravity from the perspective of younger leading researchers. It takes the reader from the basics to recent advances, thereby bridging an important gap.The aim is two-fold — to provide a contemporary introduction to the entire field for students and post-docs, and to present an overview of the current status for more senior researchers. The contributions include the latest developments that are not discussed in existing books, particularly recent advances in quantum dynamics both in the Hamiltonian and sum over histories approaches; and applications to cosmology of the early universe and to the quantum aspects of black holes.

Contents

Introduction: An Overview (Abhay Ashtekar and Jorge Pullin); Foundations of Loop Quantum Gravity: Quantum Geometry (Kristina Giesel); Quantum Dynamics (Alok Laddha and Madhavan Varadarajan); Spinfoam Gravity (Eugenio Bianchi); Group Field Theory (Daniele Oriti); The Continuum Limit: A Framework for Solving the Theory (Bianca Dittrich); Applications of Loop Quantum Gravity: Loop Quantum Cosmology (Ivan Agullo and Parampreet Singh); Quantum Geometry and Black Holes (J Fernando Barbero G and Alejandro Perez); Loop Quantum Gravity and Observations (Aurelien Barrau and Julien Grain);