A first course in loop quantum gravity /
Gambini, Rodolfo
A first course in loop quantum gravity / Rodolfo Gambini and Jorge Pullin - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011 - viii, 183 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [174]-179) and index
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
9780199590759 0199590753
Quantum gravity
A first course in loop quantum gravity / Rodolfo Gambini and Jorge Pullin - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011 - viii, 183 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [174]-179) and index
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
9780199590759 0199590753
Quantum gravity