BMS Particles in Three Dimensions

This thesis presents the state of the art in the study of Bondi-Metzner-Sachs (BMS) symmetry and its applications in the simplified setting of three dimensions. It focuses on presenting all the background material in a pedagogical and self-contained manner to enable readers to fully appreciate the original results that have been obtained while learning a number of fundamental concepts in the field along the way. This makes it a highly rewarding read and a perfect starting point for anybody with a serious interest in the four-dimensional problem.

List of contents

Introduction.- Part I: Quantum Symmetries.- Quantum Mechanics and Central Extensions.- Induced Representations.- Semi-direct Products.- Coadjoint Orbits and Geometric Quantization.- Part II: Virasoro Symmetry and AdS3 Gravity.- The Virasoro Group.- Virasoro Coadjoint Orbits.- Symmetries of Gravity in AdS3.- Part III: BMS3 Symmetry and Gravity in Flat Space.- Classical BMS3 Symmetry.- Quantum BMS3 Symmetry.- Partition Functions and Characters.- Conclusions.

Summary

This thesis presents the state of the art in the study of Bondi-Metzner-Sachs (BMS) symmetry and its applications in the simplified setting of three dimensions. It focuses on presenting all the background material in a pedagogical and self-contained manner to enable readers to fully appreciate the original results that have been obtained while learning a number of fundamental concepts in the field along the way. This makes it a highly rewarding read and a perfect starting point for anybody with a serious interest in the four-dimensional problem.

Product details

• Authors: Blagoje Oblak
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2018
• EAN: 9783319871844
• ISBN: 978-3-31-987184-4
• No. of pages: 450
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 25 mm x 235 mm
• Weight: 715 g
• Illustrations: XXIV, 450 p. 29 illus., 3 illus. in color.
• Series: Springer Theses
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Theoretical physics; Gravitation, B, Kosmologie und das Universum, Mathematische Physik, Applications of Mathematics, Cosmology, Physics and Astronomy, Relativity physics, Mathematical physics, Mathematical modelling, Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences, Classical and Quantum Gravity, Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory