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Author:
Gambini, Rodolfo.
Title:
A first course in loop quantum gravity / Rodolfo Gambini and Jorge Pullin.
Publisher:
Oxford University Press,
Copyright Date:
2011
Description:
viii, 183 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Subject:
Quantum gravity.
Other Authors:
Pullin, Jorge.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [174]-179) and index.
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.
ISBN:
0199590753
9780199590759
OCLC:
(OCoLC)730413861
LCCN:
2011942564
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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