New Paths Towards Quantum Gravity

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Boo<U+00df>-Bavnbek, Bernhelm. (Editor), Esposito, G. (Editor), Lesch, Matthias. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 807
• Subjects: Physics.; Discrete groups.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.; Convex and Discrete Geometry.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11897-5

Aside from the obvious statement that it should be a theory capable of unifying general relativity and quantum field theory, not much is known about the true nature of quantum gravity. New ideas - and there are many of them for this is an exciting field of research - often diverge to a degree where...

Table of Contents:

• Notes on Quantum Gravity and Noncommutative Geometry
• Quantum Gravity as Sum Over Spacetimes
• Lectures on Quantization of Gauge Systems
• Mathematical Tools for Calculation of the Effective Action in Quantum Gravity
• Lectures on Cohomology, T-Duality and Generalized Geometry
• Stochastic Geometry and Quantum Gravity. Some Rigourous Results
• Steps Towards Quantum Gravity and the Practice of Science: Will the Merger of Mathematics and Physics Work?- Index.