Gambini, Rodolfo.

A first course in loop quantum gravity [electronic resource] / Rodolfo Gambini and Jorge Pullin. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011. - viii, 183 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [174]-179) and index.

1. Why quantize gravity? -- 2. Special relativity and electromagnetism -- 3. Some elements of general relativity -- 4. Hamiltonian mechanics including constraints and fields -- 5. Yang-Mills theories -- 6. Quantum mechanics and elements of quantum field theory -- 7. General relativity in terms of Ashtekar's new variables -- 8. Loop representation for general relativity -- 9. An application: loop quantum cosmology -- 10. Further developments -- 11. Open issues and controversies.


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Quantum gravity.


Electronic books.

QC178 / .G29 2011

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