Foundations of Space and Time
Reflections on Quantum Gravity
- Editors:
- Jeff Murugan, University of Cape Town
- Amanda Weltman, University of Cape Town
- George F. R. Ellis, University of Cape Town
- Date Published: July 2012
- availability: Available
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521114400
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After almost a century, the field of quantum gravity remains as difficult and inspiring as ever. Today, it finds itself a field divided, with two major contenders dominating: string theory, the leading exemplification of the covariant quantization program; and loop quantum gravity, the canonical scheme based on Dirac's constrained Hamiltonian quantization. However, there are now a number of other innovative schemes providing promising new avenues. Encapsulating the latest debates on this topic, this book details the different approaches to understanding the very nature of space and time. It brings together leading researchers in each of these approaches to quantum gravity to explore these competing possibilities in an open way. Its comprehensive coverage explores all the current approaches to solving the problem of quantum gravity, addressing the strengths and weaknesses of each approach, to give researchers and graduate students an up-to-date view of the field.
Read more- Details the latest debates on understanding the very nature of space and time
- Leading researchers examine the current approaches to solving the problem of quantum gravity, addressing their strengths and weaknesses
- Gives an up-to-date view of the field
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'Encapsulating the latest debates, this book details the different approaches to understanding the nature of space and time. It brings together leading researchers to explore in a comprehensive coverage all of the current approaches to solving the problems of quantum gravity, addressing the strengths and weaknesses of each approach, to give researchers and graduate students an up-to-date view of the world.' CERN Courier
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- Date Published: July 2012
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521114400
- length: 488 pages
- dimensions: 253 x 177 x 24 mm
- weight: 1.03kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
1. The problem with quantum gravity Jeff Murugan, Amanda Weltman and George F. R. Eliis
2. A dialogue on the nature of gravity Thanu Padmanabhan
3. Effective theories and modifications of gravity Cliff Burgess
4. The small scale structure of spacetime Steve Carlip
5. Ultraviolet divergences in supersymmetric theories Kellog Stelle
6. Cosmological quantum billiards Axel Kleinschmidt and Hermann Nicolai
7. Progress in RNS string theory and pure spinors Dimitri Polyakov
8. Recent trends in superstring phenomenology Massimo Bianchi
9. Emergent spacetime Robert de Mello Koch and Jeff Murugan
10. Loop quantum gravity Hanno Sahlmann
11. Loop quantum gravity and cosmology Martin Bojowald
12. The microscopic dynamics of quantum space as a group field theory Daniele Oriti
13. Causal dynamical triangulations and the quest for quantum gravity Jan Ambjørn, J. Jurkiewicz and Renate Loll
14. Proper time is stochastic time in 2D quantum gravity Jan Ambjorn, Renate Loll, Y. Watabiki, W. Westra and S. Zohren
15. Logic is to the quantum as geometry is to gravity Rafael Sorkin
16. Causal sets: discreteness without symmetry breaking Joe Henson
17. The Big Bang, quantum gravity, and black-hole information loss Roger Penrose
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