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Dewey Class	530.143 (DDC 22)
Title	Quantum gravity ([Ebook]) / Claus Kiefer.
Author	Kiefer, Claus , 1958-
Other name(s)	Oxford Scholarship Online
Edition statement	3rd ed.
Publication	Oxford, U.K. : Oxford University Press , 2012
Physical Details	1 online resource
Series	International series of monographs on physics ; 155
ISBN	9780191739378
Note	Print publication date: 2012 (3rd ed.) . - Print ISBN-13: 9780199585205. - Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: May 2012
Summary Note	This book is concerned with the attempts to unify Einstein's theory of general relativity and quantum theory into a theory of quantum gravity. It presents, for the first time, most of the approaches in a single textbook. Among them are canonical quantum gravity (including loop quantum gravity), covariant quantum gravity, and string theory. The book also discusses the relevance of these theories for cosmology and the physics of black holes. The first chapter gives a general introduction to the problem of quantizing the gravitational field. The second chapter then presents the main covariant approaches - perturbation theory and Feynman diagrammes, path integrals, and supergravity. The third chapter discusses the important concept of reparametrization invariance in the framework of simple systems: particle models, bosonic string, and parametrized field theory. This concept plays a crucial role in the Hamiltonian formulation of general relativity, which is the topic of Chapter 4. Chapter 5 presents the canonical quantization in the metric variables, leading to the central Wheeler-DeWitt equation, while the sixth chapter presents loop quantum gravity. The next two chapters 7 and 8 then discuss the major applications - quantization of black holes and quantum cosmology. Chapter 9 gives an introduction to string theory by focusing on its quantum gravitational aspects. Chapter 10 contains a discussion of interpretational issues: the relevance of quantum gravity for the foundations of quantum theory and the arrow of time. It also contains a brief review of quantum-gravity phenomenology. The emphasis throughout is on conceptual and formal clarity. Wherever possible, connections between the various approaches are examined.:
Mode of acces to digital resource	Digital reproduction. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. - Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Internet Explorer 6.0 (or higher) or Firefox 2.0 (or higher). Available as searchable text in HTML format.
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Internet Site	http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199585205.001.0001
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Quantum gravity . Authors: Kiefer, Claus 1958- . Corporate Authors: Oxford Scholarship Online . Series: The International series of monographs on physics . Classification: 530.143 (DDC 22) .

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