Euclidean quantum gravity
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Euclidean quantum gravity
World Scientific, c1993
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Library, Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University数研
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Hokkaido University, Library, Graduate School of Science, Faculty of Science and School of Science図書
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: hbk ISBN 9789810205157
Description
The Euclidean approach to Quantum Gravity was initiated almost 15 years ago in an attempt to understand the difficulties raised by the spacetime singularities of classical general relativity which arise in the gravitational collapse of stars to form black holes and the entire universe in the Big Bang. An important motivation was to develop an approach capable of dealing with the nonlinear, non-perturbative aspects of quantum gravity due to topologically non-trivial spacetimes. There are important links with a Riemannian geometry. Since its inception the theory has been applied to a number of important physical problems including the thermodynamic properties of black holes, quantum cosmology and the problem of the cosmological constant. It is currently at the centre of a great deal of interest.This is a collection of survey lectures and reprints of some important lectures on the Euclidean approach to quantum gravity in which one expresses the Feynman path integral as a sum over Riemannian metrics. As well as papers on the basic formalism there are sections on Black Holes, Quantum Cosmology, Wormholes and Gravitational Instantons.
Table of Contents
- General formalism - G.'t Hooft, M. Veltman, S.W. Hawking, M.J. Perry, G.W. Gibbons, R. Schoen, S.T. Yau, K. Schleich, S. Coleman, R.L. Bishop
- black holes - S.W. Hawking, J.B. Hartle, G.W. Gibbons, M.J. Perry, D.J. Gross, L.G. Yaffe
- quantum cosmology - G.W. Gibbons, S.W. Hawking, S. Coleman, F. De Luccia, I.G.Moss, J.B. Hartle, J.J. Halliwell
- wormholes - S.W. Hawking, S.B. Giddings, A. Strominger, S. Coleman, I. Klebanov, L. Susskind, T. Banks, J. Preskill, S.P. Trivedi, M.B. Wise
- gravitational instantons - G.W. Gibbons, S.W. Hawking, T. Eguchi, A. Hanson, G.W. Gibbons, C.N. Pope, N.J. Hitchin, P.B. Kronheimer, D.N. Page, M.F. Atiyah.
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: pbk ISBN 9789810205164
Description
The Euclidean approach to Quantum Gravity was initiated almost 15 years ago in an attempt to understand the difficulties raised by the spacetime singularities of classical general relativity which arise in the gravitational collapse of stars to form black holes and the entire universe in the Big Bang. An important motivation was to develop an approach capable of dealing with the nonlinear, non-perturbative aspects of quantum gravity due to topologically non-trivial spacetimes. There are important links with a Riemannian geometry. Since its inception the theory has been applied to a number of important physical problems including the thermodynamic properties of black holes, quantum cosmology and the problem of the cosmological constant. It is currently at the centre of a great deal of interest.This is a collection of survey lectures and reprints of some important lectures on the Euclidean approach to quantum gravity in which one expresses the Feynman path integral as a sum over Riemannian metrics. As well as papers on the basic formalism there are sections on Black Holes, Quantum Cosmology, Wormholes and Gravitational Instantons.
Table of Contents
- General formalism - G. 't Hooft, M. Veltman, S.W. Hawking, M.J. Perry, G.W. Gibbons, R. Schoen, S.T. Yau, K. Schleich, S. Coleman, R.L. Bishop
- black holes - S.W. Hawking, J.B. Hartle, G.W. Gibbons, M.J. Perry, D.J. Gross, L.G. Yaffe
- quantum cosmology - G.W. Gibbons, S.W. Hawking, S. Coleman, F. De Luccia, I.G.Moss, J.B. Hartle, J.J. Halliwell
- wormholes - S.W. Hawking, S.B. Giddings, A. Strominger, S. Coleman, I. Klebanov, L. Susskind, T. Banks, J. Preskill, S.P. Trivedi, M.B. Wise
- gravitational instantons - G.W. Gibbons, S.W. Hawking, T. Eguchi, A. Hanson, G.W. Gibbons, C.N. Pope, N.J. Hitchin, P.B. Kronheimer, D.N. Page, M.F. Atiyah.
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