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A first course in loop quantum gravity/
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| Format: | Printed Book |
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Oxford;
Oxford University Press,
2011.
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| Online Access: | http://www.amazon.in/First-Course-Loop-Quantum-Gravity/dp/0199590753 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Why quantize gravity?
- 2. Special relativity and electromagnetism
- 3. Some elements of general relativity
- 4. Hamiltonian mechanics including constraints and fields
- 5. Yang-Mills theories
- 6. Quantum mechanics and elements of quantum field theory
- 7. General relativity in terms of Ashtekar's new variables
- 8. Loop representation for general relativity
- 9. An application: loop quantum cosmology
- 10. Further developments
- 11. Open issues and controversies.