03298nam 2200601Ia 450 991013947320332120200520144314.09783642118975364211897610.1007/978-3-642-11897-5(CKB)2550000000015849(SSID)ssj0000449992(PQKBManifestationID)11267467(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000449992(PQKBWorkID)10453191(PQKB)10128483(DE-He213)978-3-642-11897-5(MiAaPQ)EBC3065548(PPN)149080905(EXLCZ)99255000000001584920100520d2010 uy 0engurnn#008mamaatxtccrNew paths towards quantum gravity /Bernhelm Booss-Bavnbek, Giampiero Esposito, Matthias Lesch (eds.)1st ed. 2010.Heidelberg ;New York Springerc20101 online resource (XII, 350 p.)The lecture notes in physics,0075-8450 ;807Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9783642118968 3642118968 Includes bibliographical references and index.Three Physics Visions -- Notes on “Quantum Gravity” and Noncommutative Geometry -- Quantum Gravity as Sum over Spacetimes -- Lectures on Quantization of Gauge Systems -- Novel Mathematical Tools -- Mathematical Tools for Calculation of the Effective Action Effective Action in Quantum Gravity -- Lectures on Cohomology, T-Duality, and Generalized Geometry -- Stochastic Geometry and Quantum Gravity: Some Rigorous Results -- Afterthoughts -- Steps Towards Quantum Gravity and the Practice of Science: Will the Merger of Mathematics and Physics Work?.Aside from the obvious statement that it should be a theory capable of unifying general relativity and quantum field theory, not much is known about the true nature of quantum gravity. New ideas - and there are many of them for this is an exciting field of research - often diverge to a degree where it seems impossible to decide in which of the many possible direction(s) the ongoing developments should be further sustained. The division of the book in two (overlapping) parts reflects the duality between the physical vision and the mathematical construction. The former is represented by tutorial reviews on non-commutative geometry, on space-time discretization and renormalization and on gauge field path integrals. The latter one by lectures on cohomology, on stochastic geometry and on mathematical tools for the effective action in quantum gravity. The book will benefit everyone working or entering the field of quantum gravity research.Lecture notes in physics ;807.Quantum gravityGravitationQuantum gravity.Gravitation.530.143Booss Bernhelm1941-53556Esposito Giampiero44196Lesch Matthias1961-65751MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910139473203321New paths towards quantum gravity4190014UNINA