TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gambini,Rodolfo
AU  - Pullin,Jorge
ED  - ProQuest (Firm)
TI  - A first course in loop quantum gravity
AV  - QC178 .G29 2011
U1  - 530.143 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Oxford, New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Quantum gravity
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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; Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries
UR  - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1179548
ER  -