Rodolfo Gambini, Jorge Pullin

Loops, Knots, Gauge Theories and Quantum Gravity

Herausgeber: Landshoff, Peter

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A self-contained introduction to applications of loop representations and knot theory in quantum gravity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 340
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. September 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 191mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 636g
• ISBN-13: 9780521654753
• ISBN-10: 0521654750
• Artikelnr.: 21673594

Inhaltsangabe

1. Holonomies and the group of loops
2. Loop coordinates and the extended group of loops
3. The loop representation
4. Maxwell theory
5. Yang-Mills theories
6. Lattice techniques
7. Quantum gravity
8. The loop representation of quantum theory
9. Loop representation: further developments
10. Knot theory and physical states of quantum gravity
11. The extended loop representation of quantum gravity
12. Conclusions: present status and outlook
References
Index.