A first course in loop quantum gravity [electronic resource] / Rodolfo Gambini and Jorge Pullin.

By: Gambini, RodolfoContributor(s): Pullin, Jorge | ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011Description: viii, 183 p. : illISBN: 9780191003233 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Quantum gravityGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 530.143 LOC classification: QC178 | .G29 2011Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
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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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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