Claus Kiefer

Quantum Gravity

Fourth Edition

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book describes in detail the attempts to unify quantum theory and relativity; the new edition includes updated content throughout, as well as further explorations of the holographic principle, unimodular gravity, quantum-gravitational correction terms, and possible observations.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• 4th edition
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 251mm x 175mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 1044g
• ISBN-13: 9780198842132
• ISBN-10: 0198842139
• Artikelnr.: 73518224

Autorenporträt

Claus Kiefer has been a Professor at the Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Cologne, Germany since 2001.

Inhaltsangabe

1: Why quantum gravity?
2: Covariant approaches to quantum gravity
3: Parametrized and relational systems
4: Hamiltonian formulation of general relativity
5: Quantum geometrodynamics
6: Quantum gravity with connections and loops
7: Quantization of black holes
8: Quantum cosmology
9: String theory
10: Phenomenology, decoherence, and the arrow of time