- Additional Authors
- Pullin, Jorge.
- Description
- 1 online resource (viii, 183 p.) : ill.
- Uniform Title
- First course in loop quantum gravity (Online)
- Alternative Title
- First course in loop quantum gravity (Online)
- Subject
- Quantum gravity
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [174]-179) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- 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.
- LCCN
- 2011942564
- OCLC
- ssj0000872994
- Author
Gambini, Rodolfo.
- Title
A first course in loop quantum gravity [electronic resource] / Rodolfo Gambini and Jorge Pullin.
- Imprint
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [174]-179) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Pullin, Jorge.