Towards Quantum Gravity

Proceedings of the XXXV International Winter School on Theoretical Physics Held in Polanica, Poland, 2–11 February 1999

Jerzy Kowalski-Glikman (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

XII, 376 Seiten

2000
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-540-66910-4 (ISBN)

Infos

The aim of this book is to give graduate students an overview of quantum gravity but it also covers related topics from astrophysics. Some well-written contributions can serve as an introduction into basic conceptual concepts like time in quantum gravity or the emergence of a classical world from quantum cosmology. This makes the volume attractive to philosophers of science, too. Other topics are black holes, gravitational waves and non-commutative extensions of physical theories.

Inhalt

Are We at the Dawn of Quantum-Gravity Phenomenology?.- Classical and Quantum Physics of Isolated Horizons: A Brief Overview.- Old and New Processes of Vorton Formation.- Anti-de Sitter Supersymmetry.- Combinatorial Dynamics and Time in Quantum Gravity.- Non-commutative Extensions of Classical Theories in Physics.- Conceptual Issues in Quantum Cosmology.- Single-Exterior Black Holes.- Dirac-Bergmann Observables for Tetrad Gravity.- Meaning of Noncommutative Geometry and the Planck-Scale Quantum Group.- Loop Quantum Gravity and the Meaning of Diffeomorphism Invariance.- Black Holes in String Theory.- Gravitational waves and massless particle fields.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.1.2000
• Reihe/Serie: Lecture Notes in Physics
• Zusatzinfo: XII, 376 p.
• Verlagsort: Berlin
• Sprache: englisch
• Gewicht: 610 g
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Theoretische Physik
• Schlagworte: astrophysics • Black Holes • Cosmology • Graviational Waves • Gravity • Quantengravitation • Quantum Gravity • String Theory • theoretical physics
• ISBN-10: 3-540-66910-8 / 3540669108
• ISBN-13: 978-3-540-66910-4 / 9783540669104
• Zustand: Neuware