Quantum Geometry - A Statistical Field Theory Approach

List of contents

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Random walks; 3. Random surfaces; 4. Two-dimensional gravity; 5. Monte Carlo simulations; 6. Gravity in higher dimensions; 7. Topological quantum field theories; References; Index.

Summary

This graduate/research level text describes in a unified fashion the statistical mechanics of random walks, random surfaces and random higher dimensional manifolds with an emphasis on the geometrical aspects of the theory and applications to the quantisation of strings, gravity and topological field theory.

Product details

• Authors: Jan Ambj¿rn, Jan Ambjorn, Jan Durhuus Ambjorn, Jan Ambjørn, Bergfinnur Durhuus, Durhuus Bergfinnur, Thordur Jonsson, Jonsson Thordur
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.12.2005
• EAN: 9780521017367
• ISBN: 978-0-521-01736-7
• No. of pages: 380
• Series: Cambridge Monographs on Mathem; Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Miscellaneous; SCIENCE / Physics / General, Physics