Loops, Knots, Gauge Theories and Quantum Gravity

Klappentext A self-contained introduction to applications of loop representations and knot theory in quantum gravity. Zusammenfassung Providing a self-contained introduction to applications of loop representations and knot theory in particle physics and quantum gravity! this text reviews loop representation theory! Maxwell theory! Yang-Mills theories! lattice techniques! knot and braid theory! and describes applications in quantum gravity. A final chapter considers future prospects. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Holonomies and the group of loops; 2. Loop coordinates and the extended group of loops; 3. The loop representation; 4. Maxwell theory; 5. Yang-Mills theories; 6. Lattice techniques; 7. Quantum gravity; 8. The loop representation of quantum theory; 9. Loop representation: further developments; 10. Knot theory and physical states of quantum gravity; 11. The extended loop representation of quantum gravity; 12. Conclusions: present status and outlook; References; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Rodolfo Gambini, Rodolfp Gambini, Jorge Pullin
• Assisted by: Peter Landshoff (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.07.2000
• EAN: 9780521654753
• ISBN: 978-0-521-65475-3
• Dimensions: 190 mm x 240 mm x 18 mm
• Series: Cambridge Monographs on Mathem; Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Miscellaneous