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Springer Theses: On Generalised Statistical Equilibrium and Discrete Quantum Gravity (Hardcover)

Absolute concepts of time and energy are integral to standard thermal physics but background independent systems are devoid of them. This thesis explores the foundational question of generalising equilibrium statistical mechanics to background... more

Fundamental Theories of Physics: Gravity and the Quantum: Pedagogical Essays on Cosmology Astrophysics and Quantum Gravity (Paperback)

This book provides a compilation of in-depth articles and reviews on key topics within gravitation cosmology and related issues. It is a celebratory volume dedicated to Prof. Thanu Padmanabhan ( Paddy ) the renowned relativist and cosmologist from... more

Theoretical and Mathematical Physics: Quantum Measurement (Paperback)

This is a book about the Hilbert space formulation of quantum mechanics and its measurement theory. It contains a synopsis of what became of the Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics since von Neumann s classic treatise with this title.... more

Fundamental Theories of Physics: Complex General Relativity (Hardcover)

This book is written for theoretical and mathematical physicists and mat- maticians interested in recent developments in complex general relativity and their application to classical and quantum gravity. Calculations are presented by paying... more

Frontiers Collection: Quantum Mechanics and Gravity (Paperback)

Quantum Mechanics and Gravity describes a paradigm change in modern physics from the philosophy and mathematical expression of the quantum theory to those of general relativity. This approach applies to all domains - from elementary particles to... more

Quantum Gravity Research Trends : Horizons in World Physics

Quantum Gravity Research Trends : Horizons in World Physics more

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Very Short Introductions: Philosophy of Physics: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant Sharp Inspiring Philosophy of physics is concerned with the deepest theories of modern physics--notably quantum theory our theories of space time and symmetry and thermal physics--and their strange even bizarre... more

Mathematics and Its Applications: Conformal Quantum Field Theory in D-Dimensions (Paperback)

Our prime concern in this book is to discuss some most interesting prosppcts that have occurred recently in conformally invariant quantum field theory in a D-diuwnsional space. One of the most promising trends is constructing an pxact solution for a... more

Symmetry in Quantum Theory of Gravity (Hardcover)

This edited collection explores current approaches to understanding space time and gravity within a quantum-theoretical framework. In most such approaches the three-dimensional space of ordinary perception and action is physically fundamental but is... more

Lecture Notes in Physics: Foundations of Quantum Mechanics (Paperback)

Preface 1. Waves and Particles 1.1 Overview 1.2 The Schrodinger Equation 1.3 Unitary Operators in Hilbert Space 1.3.1 Existence and Uniqueness of Solutions of the Schrodinger Equation 1.3.2 The Time Evolution Operators 1.3.3 Unitary Matrices and... more

Advanced Concepts in Particle and Field Theory (Hardcover)

Uniting the usually distinct areas of particle physics and quantum field theory gravity and general relativity this expansive and comprehensive textbook of fundamental and theoretical physics describes the quest to consolidate the elementary... more

Cambridge Lecture Notes in Physics: Introduction to Quantum Fields on a Lattice (Hardcover)

This book provides a concise introduction to quantum fields on a lattice: a precise and non-perturbative definition of quantum field theory obtained by replacing continuous space-time by a discrete set of points on a lattice. The path integral on... more

Oxford Graduate Texts Introduction to Quantum Field Theory with Applications to Quantum Gravity (Paperback)

Applications of quantum field theoretical methods to gravitational physics both in the semiclassical and the full quantum frameworks require a careful formulation of the fundamental basis of quantum theory with special attention to such important... more

Fundamental Theories of Physics: A Novel Approach to Relativistic Dynamics (Hardcover)

This self-contained monograph provides a mathematically simple and physically meaningful model which unifies gravity electromagnetism optics and even some quantum behavior. The simplicity of the model is achieved by working in the frame of an... more

State-Sum Models of Piecewise Linear Quantum Gravity (Hardcover)

This book gives a description of state-sum quantum gravity models which are based on triangulations of a smooth spacetime manifold. It contains detailed descriptions of Regge quantum gravity spin-foam models and spin-cube models. Some other similar... more

Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science: The Genesis of General Relativity (Hardcover)

The transition from classical to modern physics in the ?rst half of the twentieth c- tury by quantum and relativity theories affected some of the most fundamental notions of physical thinking such as matter radiation space and time. This tran- tion... more

Springer Theses: On Generalised Statistical Equilibrium and Discrete Quantum Gravity (Paperback)

Absolute concepts of time and energy are integral to standard thermal physics but background independent systems are devoid of them. This thesis explores the foundational question of generalising equilibrium statistical mechanics to background... more

Canonical Quantum Gravity: Fundamentals and Recent Developments (Hardcover)

This book aims to present a pedagogical and self-consistent treatment of the canonical approach to Quantum Gravity starting from its original formulation to the most recent developments in the field.We start with an innovative and enlightening... more

Springerbriefs in Mathematical Physics Infinite-Dimensional Dirac Operators and Supersymmetric Quantum Fields: An Introduction to Analysis on Boson-Fermion Foc Book 46 (Paperback)

1. Boson Fock Space and Bose Field.- 2. Fermion Fock Space and Fermi Field.- 3. Boson-Fermion Fock Space and Supersymmetric Quantum Fields.- 4. Applications to Models in Supersymmetric Quantum Field Theory. more

Selected Topics in Gravity Field Theory and Quantum Mechanics

Selected Topics in Gravity Field Theory and Quantum Mechanics more

Topics In Conformal Field Theory And String Theory (Paperback)

The Standard Model is a remarkably successful theory. It is a quantum theory describing the electromagnetic weak and the strong interactions in nature. Its biggest shortcoming lies in its inability to describe gravity in the quantum regime.... more

Lectures on Quantum Theory: Mathematical and Structural Foundations (Hardcover)

This book is based on material taught to final-year physics undergraduates as part of the theoretical physics option at Imperial College. After a self-contained introduction to the essential ideas of vector spaces and linear operators a bridge is... more

Springerbriefs in Physics: Emergence of Temperature in Examples and Related Nuisances in Field Theory (Paperback)

Field theory relying on the concept of continuous space and time while confronted with the quantum physical nature of observable quantities still has some fundamental challenges to face. One such challenge is to understand the emergence of... more

International Monographs on Physics Quaternionic Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Fields Book 88 (Hardcover)

It has been known since the 1930s that quantum mechanics can be formulated in quaternionic as well as complex Hilbert space. But systematic work on the quaternionic extension of standard quantum mechanics has scarcely begun. Authored by a... more

Knots and Everything: Gauge Fields Knots and Gravity (Paperback)

This is an introduction to the basic tools of mathematics needed to understand the relation between knot theory and quantum gravity. The book begins with a rapid course on manifolds and differential forms emphasizing how these provide a proper... more

Einstein Studies: Recent Advances in General Relativity (Hardcover)

Papers from the Discussion Conference on Recent Advances in General Relativity held at the U. of Pittsburgh May 1990 survey the interacting fields of classical general relativity astrophysics and quantum gravity. Some of the remarks made following... more

Effective Spacetime: Understanding Emergence in Effective Field Theory and Quantum Gravity (Paperback)

Introduction: Spacetime and quantum gravity.- Emergence and reduction.- Effective field theory.- Universality higher organising principles and emergence.- Spacetime as described by EFT.- Discrete approaches to quantum gravity.- Loop quantum... more

Where Did the Universe Come From? and Other Cosmic Questions: Our Universe from the Quantum to the Cosmos (Hardcover)

Go on an awe-inspiring journey unraveling the secrets of our universe from the tiniest particles to the vastness of space In this thought-provoking exploration physicists Chris Ferrie and Geraint F. Lewis delve into the fundamental questions that... more

Aspects of Mathematics: Quantum Groups and Noncommutative Spaces: Perspectives on Quantum Geometry (Hardcover)

This book is aimed at presenting different methods and perspectives in the theory of Quantum Groups bridging between the algebraic representation theoretic analytic and differential-geometric approaches. It also covers recent developments in... more

Quantum Structure of Space and Time (Paperback)

This book was first published in 1982. It consists of selected contributions presented at the Nuffield Quantum Gravity Workshop held at Imperial College London in August 1981. The book is divided into three parts which correspond with the three... more

Changing Your Mind : T=cb a Theory of Space Without Time the Natural Theory of Space Quantum (Paperback)

Changing Your Mind: T=cb a Theory of Space Without Time the Natural Theory of Space Quantum more

Modern Quantum Mechanics (Paperback)

Quantum Mechanics is a nondeterministic theory that its mathematical predictions coincide with physical measurements and observations and studies the fundamental questions underlying modern physics a bout time space energy and matter and its... more

Springer Proceedings in Physics: Quantum String Theory: Proceedings of the Second Yukawa Memorial Symposium Nishinomiya Japan October 23-24 1987 (Paperback)

String theories seem to have created a breakthrough in theoretical physics. At long last a unfied theory of all the fundamental interactions including gravity looks possible. This according to theorist Stephen Hawking will mark the end of... more

Lecture Notes in Physics: Quantum Gravity and Quantum Cosmology (Paperback)

This book introduces theoretical concepts of quantum gravity discusses these in connection with cosmological models and observations briefly reviews the observational status of dark matter and dark energy and introduces alternative cosmological models. more

Fundamental Theories of Physics: Gravity Gauge Theories and Quantum Cosmology (Hardcover)

For several decades since its inception Einstein s general theory of relativity stood somewhat aloof from the rest of physics. Paradoxically the attributes which normally boost a physical theory - namely its perfection as a theoreti- cal framework... more

Advanced Theoretical Physical Science: Space-Time Symmetry and Quantum Yang-Mills Gravity: How Space-Time Translational Gauge Symmetry Enables the Unification of Gravity with Other Forces (Hardcover)

Yang-Mills gravity is a new theory consistent with experiments that brings gravity back to the arena of gauge field theory and quantum mechanics in flat space-time. It provides solutions to long-standing difficulties in physics such as the... more

Lecture Notes in Physics: Deformations of Spacetime Symmetries: Gravity Group-Valued Momenta and Non-Commutative Fields (Paperback)

This monograph provides an introduction to deformations of Poincaré symmetries focusing on models with a Lie group momentum space and associated non-commutative space-times. The emphasis is put on the emergence of such structures from quantum... more