Loop Quantum Gravity for the Bewildered The Self-Dual Approach Revisited /

This second edition offers a comprehensive introduction to loop quantum gravity (LQG) in self-dual variables, including the necessary prerequisites. Additionally, it delves into various significant research areas that have emerged in recent years. New content (including an entirely new chapter dedic...

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Autor principal: Bilson-Thompson, Sundance (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Lenguaje:inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2024.
Edición:2nd ed. 2024.
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Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-43452-5
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Classical GR
  • Quantum Field Theory
  • Expanding on classical GR
  • First steps to a theory of Quantum Gravity
  • Kinematical Hilbert Space
  • Black Hole Entropy
  • Discussion and recent developments
  • Appendices: Conventions, Lie Derivative, ADM Variables, D Duality, Path Ordered Exponential, Peter-Weyl Theorem, Square-Free Numbers, Brahmagupta-Pell Equation, Quadratic Integers and the BP Equation, Kodama State, 3j-symbols, Regge Calculus.