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02672aam a2200337Ii 4500 001 8B84AB386CA011E9A39CB90697128E48 003 SILO 005 20190502010142 008 180410s2019 enka b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 1107107326 020 $a 9781107107328 035 $a (OCoLC)1030968923 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d UKMGB $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d QGE $d IPS $d GZM $d SILO 050 4 $a QC178 R49 2019 100 1 $a Reuter, Martin, $d 1958- $e author. 245 10 $a Quantum gravity and the functional renormalization group : $b the road towards asymptotic safety / $c Martin Reuter, Johannes Guttenberg UniversitaÌt Mainz, Frank Saueressig, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen. 264 1 $a Cambridge ; $b Cambridge University Press, $c 2019. 300 $a xii, 342 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 26 cm. 490 1 $a Cambridge monographs on mathematical physics 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-338) and index. 505 0 $a A quantum field theory of gravity -- The functional renormalization group -- The asymptotic safety mechanism -- A functional renormalization group for gravity -- Truncations of single-metric type -- Bi-metric truncations -- Conformally reduced gravity -- The reconstruction problem -- Alternative field variables -- Matter coupled to quantum gravity -- Towards phenomenology -- Miscellanea. 520 $a "During the past two decades the gravitational asymptotic safety scenario has undergone a major transition from an exotic possibility to a serious contender for a realistic theory of quantum gravity. It aims at a mathematically consistent quantum description of the gravitational interaction and the geometry of spacetime within the realm of quantum field theory, which keeps its predictive power at the highest energies. This volume provides a self-contained pedagogical introduction to asymptotic safety, and introduces the functional renormalization group techniques used in its investigation, along with the requisite computational techniques. The foundational chapters are followed by an accessible summary of the results obtained so far. It is the first detailed exposition of asymptotic safety, providing a unique introduction to quantum gravity and it assumes no previous familiarity with the renormalization group."- publisher 650 0 $a Quantum gravity. 650 0 $a Renormalization group. 700 1 $a Saueressig, Frank, $e author. 776 08 $i ebook version : $z 9781108670746 830 0 $a Cambridge monographs on mathematical physics. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20190702020007.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8B84AB386CA011E9A39CB90697128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search