Martin Bojowald (Pennsylvania State University)

Canonical Gravity and Applications

Cosmology, Black Holes, and Quantum Gravity

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Providing mathematical foundations as well as physical applications, this is the first systematic explanation of canonical methods in gravity. Ideal for both graduate students and researchers, this book provides a link between standard introductions to general relativity and advanced expositions of black hole physics, theoretical cosmology or quantum gravity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 253mm x 179mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 760g
• ISBN-13: 9780521195751
• ISBN-10: 0521195756
• Artikelnr.: 31193662

Autorenporträt

Martin Bojowald is an Associate Professor at the Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos, Pennsylvania State University. He pioneered loop quantum cosmology, a field on which his research continues to focus.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Isotropic cosmology: a prelude
3. Hamiltonian formulation of general relativity
4. Model systems and perturbations
5. Global and asymptotic properties
6. Quantum gravity
Appendix
References
Index.