Quantum Gravity

Produktbeschreibung zu Quantum Gravity

The construction of a quantum theory of gravity is the most fundamental challenge confronting contemporary theoretical physics. The different physical ideas evolved in developing a theory of quantum gravity require highly advanced mathematical methods. This book provides the reader with an overview of the different mathematical attempts to quantize gravity written by leading experts in this field. Also discussed are the possible experimental bounds on quantum gravity effects. All of the contributions have been strictly refereed.
The present volume emerged from the 2nd Blaubeuren Workshop "Mathematical and Physical Aspects of Quantum Gravity''. In general, these Workshops are intended to bring together experts in mathematics and physics to discuss in an open atmosphere the fundamental questions at the frontier of theoretical physics.

Produktinformation

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Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Eberhard Zeidler works at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences in Leipzig (Germany). In 1996 he was one of the founding directors of this institute. He is a member of the Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina. In 2006 he was awarded the 'Alfried Krupp Wissenschaftspreis' of the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface.- Quantum Gravity (QG) - A Short Overview.- The Search for QG.- Gravitational Waves and Energy Momentum Quanta.- Kinematical Uniqueness of Loop QG.- Strings, Higher Curvature Corrections, and Black Holes.- Spectral Action and its Relation to QG.- Towards a Background Independent Formulation of Perturbative QG.- QG as QFT of Simplicial Geometry.- The Principle of the Fermionic Projector: An Approach for QG?- Topological QFT as Topological QG.- Time Paradox in QG.- Algebraic Approach to QG.- Differential Geometry in Noncommutative Worlds.- Asymptotic Safety in Quantum Einstein Gravity.- Noncommutative QFT and Renormalization.