Deserfest [[electronic resource] ] : a celebration of the life and works of Stanley Deser : Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, 3-5 April 2004 / / editors, James T. Liu ... [et al.]
| Deserfest [[electronic resource] ] : a celebration of the life and works of Stanley Deser : Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, 3-5 April 2004 / / editors, James T. Liu ... [et al.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore ; ; Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (390 p.) |
| Disciplina | 531/.14 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
DeserS (Stanley)
LiuJames T |
| Soggetto topico |
Gravitation
Supergravity Supersymmetry |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-281-91969-1
9786611919696 981-277-480-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface -- A celebration of the life and works of Stanley Deser -- Causality and learning in neural systems / L. F. Abbott -- Some results in M-theory inspired phenomenology / R. Arnowitt, B. Dutta and B. Hu -- A unified view of particles and black holes in 2+1-dimensional gravity / D. Brill -- A non-geometric approach to 11-dimensional supergravity / L. Brink -- Cosmological singularities, billiards and Lorentzian Kac-Moody algebras / T. Damour -- Generalized holonomy in M-theory / A. Batrachenko ... [et al.] -- Orientifolds, Brane coordinates and special geometry / R. D'Auria, S. Ferrara and M. Trigiante -- Consistent reductions of higher dimensional gravity and supergravity theories / G. W. Gibbons -- Electric-magnetic duality in gravity / M. Henneaux and C. Teitelboim -- R[symbol] terms in supergravity and M-theory / P. Howe -- Marriage of 4-dimensional gravity to the 3-dimensional Chern-Simons term / R. Jackiw -- Einstein-�ther theory / C. Eling, T. Jacobson and D. Mattingly -- Hyperboloidal slices and artificial cosmology for numerical relativity / C. W. Misner -- Some applications of the ADM formalism / J. E. Nelson -- Integrability + supersymmetry + boundary: life on the edge is not so dull after all! / R. I. Nepomechie -- An effective field theory description for Kaluza-Klein supergravity on AdS[symbol] x S[symbol] / H. Nicolai and H. Samtleben -- Massive gravity in AdS and Minkowski backgrounds / M. Porrati -- Many roads lead to N=2 Seiberg-Witten theory / S. G. Naculich and H. J. Schnitzer -- Non-commutative topologically massive gauge theory / N. Caporaso ... [et al.] -- The main postulates and results of loop quantum gravity / L. Smolin -- Counterterms, holonomy and supersymmetry / K. S. Stelle -- Milne and Torus universes meet / A. Waldron -- Diquarks as inspiration and as objects / F. Wilczek -- De sitter breaking in field theory / R. P. Woodard -- Publications of Stanley Deser -- Photographs. |
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| Singapore ; ; Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2006 | ||
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Deserfest [[electronic resource] ] : a celebration of the life and works of Stanley Deser : Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, 3-5 April 2004 / / editors, James T. Liu ... [et al.]
| Deserfest [[electronic resource] ] : a celebration of the life and works of Stanley Deser : Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, 3-5 April 2004 / / editors, James T. Liu ... [et al.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore ; ; Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (390 p.) |
| Disciplina | 531/.14 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
DeserS (Stanley)
LiuJames T |
| Soggetto topico |
Gravitation
Supergravity Supersymmetry |
| ISBN |
1-281-91969-1
9786611919696 981-277-480-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface -- A celebration of the life and works of Stanley Deser -- Causality and learning in neural systems / L. F. Abbott -- Some results in M-theory inspired phenomenology / R. Arnowitt, B. Dutta and B. Hu -- A unified view of particles and black holes in 2+1-dimensional gravity / D. Brill -- A non-geometric approach to 11-dimensional supergravity / L. Brink -- Cosmological singularities, billiards and Lorentzian Kac-Moody algebras / T. Damour -- Generalized holonomy in M-theory / A. Batrachenko ... [et al.] -- Orientifolds, Brane coordinates and special geometry / R. D'Auria, S. Ferrara and M. Trigiante -- Consistent reductions of higher dimensional gravity and supergravity theories / G. W. Gibbons -- Electric-magnetic duality in gravity / M. Henneaux and C. Teitelboim -- R[symbol] terms in supergravity and M-theory / P. Howe -- Marriage of 4-dimensional gravity to the 3-dimensional Chern-Simons term / R. Jackiw -- Einstein-�ther theory / C. Eling, T. Jacobson and D. Mattingly -- Hyperboloidal slices and artificial cosmology for numerical relativity / C. W. Misner -- Some applications of the ADM formalism / J. E. Nelson -- Integrability + supersymmetry + boundary: life on the edge is not so dull after all! / R. I. Nepomechie -- An effective field theory description for Kaluza-Klein supergravity on AdS[symbol] x S[symbol] / H. Nicolai and H. Samtleben -- Massive gravity in AdS and Minkowski backgrounds / M. Porrati -- Many roads lead to N=2 Seiberg-Witten theory / S. G. Naculich and H. J. Schnitzer -- Non-commutative topologically massive gauge theory / N. Caporaso ... [et al.] -- The main postulates and results of loop quantum gravity / L. Smolin -- Counterterms, holonomy and supersymmetry / K. S. Stelle -- Milne and Torus universes meet / A. Waldron -- Diquarks as inspiration and as objects / F. Wilczek -- De sitter breaking in field theory / R. P. Woodard -- Publications of Stanley Deser -- Photographs. |
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Deserfest : a celebration of the life and works of Stanley Deser : Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, 3-5 April 2004 / / editors, James T. Liu ... [et al.]
| Deserfest : a celebration of the life and works of Stanley Deser : Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, 3-5 April 2004 / / editors, James T. Liu ... [et al.] |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore ; ; Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (390 p.) |
| Disciplina | 531/.14 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
DeserS (Stanley)
LiuJames T |
| Soggetto topico |
Gravitation
Supergravity Supersymmetry |
| ISBN |
9786611919696
9781281919694 1281919691 9789812774804 9812774807 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface -- A celebration of the life and works of Stanley Deser -- Causality and learning in neural systems / L. F. Abbott -- Some results in M-theory inspired phenomenology / R. Arnowitt, B. Dutta and B. Hu -- A unified view of particles and black holes in 2+1-dimensional gravity / D. Brill -- A non-geometric approach to 11-dimensional supergravity / L. Brink -- Cosmological singularities, billiards and Lorentzian Kac-Moody algebras / T. Damour -- Generalized holonomy in M-theory / A. Batrachenko ... [et al.] -- Orientifolds, Brane coordinates and special geometry / R. D'Auria, S. Ferrara and M. Trigiante -- Consistent reductions of higher dimensional gravity and supergravity theories / G. W. Gibbons -- Electric-magnetic duality in gravity / M. Henneaux and C. Teitelboim -- R[symbol] terms in supergravity and M-theory / P. Howe -- Marriage of 4-dimensional gravity to the 3-dimensional Chern-Simons term / R. Jackiw -- Einstein-�ther theory / C. Eling, T. Jacobson and D. Mattingly -- Hyperboloidal slices and artificial cosmology for numerical relativity / C. W. Misner -- Some applications of the ADM formalism / J. E. Nelson -- Integrability + supersymmetry + boundary: life on the edge is not so dull after all! / R. I. Nepomechie -- An effective field theory description for Kaluza-Klein supergravity on AdS[symbol] x S[symbol] / H. Nicolai and H. Samtleben -- Massive gravity in AdS and Minkowski backgrounds / M. Porrati -- Many roads lead to N=2 Seiberg-Witten theory / S. G. Naculich and H. J. Schnitzer -- Non-commutative topologically massive gauge theory / N. Caporaso ... [et al.] -- The main postulates and results of loop quantum gravity / L. Smolin -- Counterterms, holonomy and supersymmetry / K. S. Stelle -- Milne and Torus universes meet / A. Waldron -- Diquarks as inspiration and as objects / F. Wilczek -- De sitter breaking in field theory / R. P. Woodard -- Publications of Stanley Deser -- Photographs. |
| Altri titoli varianti | Stanley Deser |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911106339603321 |
| Singapore ; ; Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2006 | ||
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Deserfest : a celebration of the life and works of Stanley Deser : Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, 3-5 April 2004 / / editors, James T. Liu ... [et al.]
| Deserfest : a celebration of the life and works of Stanley Deser : Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, 3-5 April 2004 / / editors, James T. Liu ... [et al.] |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore ; ; Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (390 p.) |
| Disciplina | 531/.14 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
DeserS (Stanley)
LiuJames T |
| Soggetto topico |
Gravitation
Supergravity Supersymmetry |
| ISBN |
9786611919696
9781281919694 1281919691 9789812774804 9812774807 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface -- A celebration of the life and works of Stanley Deser -- Causality and learning in neural systems / L. F. Abbott -- Some results in M-theory inspired phenomenology / R. Arnowitt, B. Dutta and B. Hu -- A unified view of particles and black holes in 2+1-dimensional gravity / D. Brill -- A non-geometric approach to 11-dimensional supergravity / L. Brink -- Cosmological singularities, billiards and Lorentzian Kac-Moody algebras / T. Damour -- Generalized holonomy in M-theory / A. Batrachenko ... [et al.] -- Orientifolds, Brane coordinates and special geometry / R. D'Auria, S. Ferrara and M. Trigiante -- Consistent reductions of higher dimensional gravity and supergravity theories / G. W. Gibbons -- Electric-magnetic duality in gravity / M. Henneaux and C. Teitelboim -- R[symbol] terms in supergravity and M-theory / P. Howe -- Marriage of 4-dimensional gravity to the 3-dimensional Chern-Simons term / R. Jackiw -- Einstein-�ther theory / C. Eling, T. Jacobson and D. Mattingly -- Hyperboloidal slices and artificial cosmology for numerical relativity / C. W. Misner -- Some applications of the ADM formalism / J. E. Nelson -- Integrability + supersymmetry + boundary: life on the edge is not so dull after all! / R. I. Nepomechie -- An effective field theory description for Kaluza-Klein supergravity on AdS[symbol] x S[symbol] / H. Nicolai and H. Samtleben -- Massive gravity in AdS and Minkowski backgrounds / M. Porrati -- Many roads lead to N=2 Seiberg-Witten theory / S. G. Naculich and H. J. Schnitzer -- Non-commutative topologically massive gauge theory / N. Caporaso ... [et al.] -- The main postulates and results of loop quantum gravity / L. Smolin -- Counterterms, holonomy and supersymmetry / K. S. Stelle -- Milne and Torus universes meet / A. Waldron -- Diquarks as inspiration and as objects / F. Wilczek -- De sitter breaking in field theory / R. P. Woodard -- Publications of Stanley Deser -- Photographs. |
| Altri titoli varianti | Stanley Deser |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911139800703321 |
| Singapore ; ; Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2006 | ||
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Introduction to supersymmetry and supergravity / Peter West
| Introduction to supersymmetry and supergravity / Peter West |
| Autore | West, Peter C. |
| Edizione | [Extended 2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore : World Scientific, c1990 |
| Descrizione fisica | xi, 425 p. : ill ; 24cm |
| Disciplina | 530.1 |
| Soggetto topico |
Supersymmetry
Supergravity |
| ISBN |
9810200994 (pbk.)
9810200986 |
| Classificazione |
LC QC174.17.S9
53.3.11 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991001329589707536 |
West, Peter C.
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| Singapore : World Scientific, c1990 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. del Salento | ||
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Introduction to supersymmetry and supergravity / Peter C. West
| Introduction to supersymmetry and supergravity / Peter C. West |
| Autore | West, Peter C. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore : World Scientific, 1986 |
| Descrizione fisica | ix, 289 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Soggetto topico | Supergravity |
| ISBN | 9971500280 |
| Classificazione |
53.1.5
53.3.4 53.3.11 530.1 QC174.17.S9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991001027119707536 |
West, Peter C.
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| Singapore : World Scientific, 1986 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. del Salento | ||
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Lower dimensional gravity [[electronic resource] /] / John David Brown
| Lower dimensional gravity [[electronic resource] /] / John David Brown |
| Autore | Brown John David |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore ; ; Teaneck, N.J., : World Scientific, c1988 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (164 p.) |
| Disciplina | 530.11 |
| Soggetto topico |
Quantum gravity
Supergravity Gauge fields (Physics) General relativity (Physics) Symmetry (Physics) Space and time Particles (Nuclear physics) Mathematical physics |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-97143-7
981-4434-17-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
CONTENTS; I INTRODUCTION; I.1 Three Dimensional Gravity; I.2 Two Dimensional Gravity; References for Chapter I; II THE ASYMPTOTIC STRUCTURE OF THREE DIMENSIONAL GRAVITY; II.1 Introduction; II.2 Solutions To Three Dimensional Gravity With Λ < 0; II.3 Global Charges and the RxSO(2) Asymptotic Symmetries; II.4 The Conformal Group Of Asymptotic Symmetries; IV.5 The Canonical Realization Of Asymptotic Symmetries; II. Appendix 1: The Initial Value Problem; II. Appendix 2: The Lie and Surface Deformation Algebras; References for Chapter II; III BL.ACK HOLES IN TWO SPACETIME DIMENSIONS
III.1 Point Sources in Two Dimensional GravityIII.2 Black Hole Solutions; References for Chapter III; IV NEUTRALIZATION OF THE COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANT IN TWO SPACETIME DIMENSIONS; IV.I Introduction; IV.1a. Particle creation.; IV.1b. Neutralization of the cosmological constant.; IV.1c. Additional features of particle creation.; IV.1d. Overview.; IV.2 Pair Creation Without Gravity; IV.2a. Lorentzian solutions.; IV.2b. Instantons.; IV.2c. Action and probability.; IV.3 Adding Gravity; IV.3a. The gravitational equation.; IV.3b. Geometry of the instantons.; IV.4 Instantons For Pair Creation IV..4a. Solving the equations.IV.4b. Interpretation.; IV.5 The Gravitational Action; IV.5a. Coordinate invariance.; IV.5b. Surface terms.; IV.6 Probability For Particle Creation; IV.6a. Type 1 instantons.; IV.6b. Topology change.; IV.6c. Dependence on m and e.; IV.7 The Cosmological Constant; IV.7a. Evolution from de Sitter spacetime.; IV.7b. Evolution to (nearly) flat spacetime.; IV.8 Membrane Creation In Four Dimensions; IV.8a. Four dimensional generalization.; IV.8b. Instantons.; IV.8c. Probability.; IV.8d. Neutralizing the cosmological constant.; References for Chapter IV |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463211803321 |
Brown John David
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| Singapore ; ; Teaneck, N.J., : World Scientific, c1988 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Lower dimensional gravity [[electronic resource] /] / John David Brown
| Lower dimensional gravity [[electronic resource] /] / John David Brown |
| Autore | Brown John David |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore ; ; Teaneck, N.J., : World Scientific, c1988 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (164 p.) |
| Disciplina | 530.11 |
| Soggetto topico |
Quantum gravity
Supergravity Gauge fields (Physics) General relativity (Physics) Symmetry (Physics) Space and time Particles (Nuclear physics) Mathematical physics |
| ISBN |
1-283-97143-7
981-4434-17-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
CONTENTS; I INTRODUCTION; I.1 Three Dimensional Gravity; I.2 Two Dimensional Gravity; References for Chapter I; II THE ASYMPTOTIC STRUCTURE OF THREE DIMENSIONAL GRAVITY; II.1 Introduction; II.2 Solutions To Three Dimensional Gravity With Λ < 0; II.3 Global Charges and the RxSO(2) Asymptotic Symmetries; II.4 The Conformal Group Of Asymptotic Symmetries; IV.5 The Canonical Realization Of Asymptotic Symmetries; II. Appendix 1: The Initial Value Problem; II. Appendix 2: The Lie and Surface Deformation Algebras; References for Chapter II; III BL.ACK HOLES IN TWO SPACETIME DIMENSIONS
III.1 Point Sources in Two Dimensional GravityIII.2 Black Hole Solutions; References for Chapter III; IV NEUTRALIZATION OF THE COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANT IN TWO SPACETIME DIMENSIONS; IV.I Introduction; IV.1a. Particle creation.; IV.1b. Neutralization of the cosmological constant.; IV.1c. Additional features of particle creation.; IV.1d. Overview.; IV.2 Pair Creation Without Gravity; IV.2a. Lorentzian solutions.; IV.2b. Instantons.; IV.2c. Action and probability.; IV.3 Adding Gravity; IV.3a. The gravitational equation.; IV.3b. Geometry of the instantons.; IV.4 Instantons For Pair Creation IV..4a. Solving the equations.IV.4b. Interpretation.; IV.5 The Gravitational Action; IV.5a. Coordinate invariance.; IV.5b. Surface terms.; IV.6 Probability For Particle Creation; IV.6a. Type 1 instantons.; IV.6b. Topology change.; IV.6c. Dependence on m and e.; IV.7 The Cosmological Constant; IV.7a. Evolution from de Sitter spacetime.; IV.7b. Evolution to (nearly) flat spacetime.; IV.8 Membrane Creation In Four Dimensions; IV.8a. Four dimensional generalization.; IV.8b. Instantons.; IV.8c. Probability.; IV.8d. Neutralizing the cosmological constant.; References for Chapter IV |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786026503321 |
Brown John David
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| Singapore ; ; Teaneck, N.J., : World Scientific, c1988 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Lower dimensional gravity / / John David Brown
| Lower dimensional gravity / / John David Brown |
| Autore | Brown John David |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore ; ; Teaneck, N.J., : World Scientific, c1988 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (164 p.) |
| Disciplina | 530.11 |
| Soggetto topico |
Quantum gravity
Supergravity Gauge fields (Physics) General relativity (Physics) Symmetry (Physics) Space and time Particles (Nuclear physics) Mathematical physics |
| ISBN |
1-283-97143-7
981-4434-17-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
CONTENTS; I INTRODUCTION; I.1 Three Dimensional Gravity; I.2 Two Dimensional Gravity; References for Chapter I; II THE ASYMPTOTIC STRUCTURE OF THREE DIMENSIONAL GRAVITY; II.1 Introduction; II.2 Solutions To Three Dimensional Gravity With Λ < 0; II.3 Global Charges and the RxSO(2) Asymptotic Symmetries; II.4 The Conformal Group Of Asymptotic Symmetries; IV.5 The Canonical Realization Of Asymptotic Symmetries; II. Appendix 1: The Initial Value Problem; II. Appendix 2: The Lie and Surface Deformation Algebras; References for Chapter II; III BL.ACK HOLES IN TWO SPACETIME DIMENSIONS
III.1 Point Sources in Two Dimensional GravityIII.2 Black Hole Solutions; References for Chapter III; IV NEUTRALIZATION OF THE COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANT IN TWO SPACETIME DIMENSIONS; IV.I Introduction; IV.1a. Particle creation.; IV.1b. Neutralization of the cosmological constant.; IV.1c. Additional features of particle creation.; IV.1d. Overview.; IV.2 Pair Creation Without Gravity; IV.2a. Lorentzian solutions.; IV.2b. Instantons.; IV.2c. Action and probability.; IV.3 Adding Gravity; IV.3a. The gravitational equation.; IV.3b. Geometry of the instantons.; IV.4 Instantons For Pair Creation IV..4a. Solving the equations.IV.4b. Interpretation.; IV.5 The Gravitational Action; IV.5a. Coordinate invariance.; IV.5b. Surface terms.; IV.6 Probability For Particle Creation; IV.6a. Type 1 instantons.; IV.6b. Topology change.; IV.6c. Dependence on m and e.; IV.7 The Cosmological Constant; IV.7a. Evolution from de Sitter spacetime.; IV.7b. Evolution to (nearly) flat spacetime.; IV.8 Membrane Creation In Four Dimensions; IV.8a. Four dimensional generalization.; IV.8b. Instantons.; IV.8c. Probability.; IV.8d. Neutralizing the cosmological constant.; References for Chapter IV |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911089711203321 |
Brown John David
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| Singapore ; ; Teaneck, N.J., : World Scientific, c1988 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Lower dimensional gravity / / John David Brown
| Lower dimensional gravity / / John David Brown |
| Autore | Brown John David |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore ; ; Teaneck, N.J., : World Scientific, c1988 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (164 p.) |
| Disciplina | 530.11 |
| Soggetto topico |
Quantum gravity
Supergravity Gauge fields (Physics) General relativity (Physics) Symmetry (Physics) Space and time Particles (Nuclear physics) Mathematical physics |
| ISBN |
1-283-97143-7
981-4434-17-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
CONTENTS; I INTRODUCTION; I.1 Three Dimensional Gravity; I.2 Two Dimensional Gravity; References for Chapter I; II THE ASYMPTOTIC STRUCTURE OF THREE DIMENSIONAL GRAVITY; II.1 Introduction; II.2 Solutions To Three Dimensional Gravity With Λ < 0; II.3 Global Charges and the RxSO(2) Asymptotic Symmetries; II.4 The Conformal Group Of Asymptotic Symmetries; IV.5 The Canonical Realization Of Asymptotic Symmetries; II. Appendix 1: The Initial Value Problem; II. Appendix 2: The Lie and Surface Deformation Algebras; References for Chapter II; III BL.ACK HOLES IN TWO SPACETIME DIMENSIONS
III.1 Point Sources in Two Dimensional GravityIII.2 Black Hole Solutions; References for Chapter III; IV NEUTRALIZATION OF THE COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANT IN TWO SPACETIME DIMENSIONS; IV.I Introduction; IV.1a. Particle creation.; IV.1b. Neutralization of the cosmological constant.; IV.1c. Additional features of particle creation.; IV.1d. Overview.; IV.2 Pair Creation Without Gravity; IV.2a. Lorentzian solutions.; IV.2b. Instantons.; IV.2c. Action and probability.; IV.3 Adding Gravity; IV.3a. The gravitational equation.; IV.3b. Geometry of the instantons.; IV.4 Instantons For Pair Creation IV..4a. Solving the equations.IV.4b. Interpretation.; IV.5 The Gravitational Action; IV.5a. Coordinate invariance.; IV.5b. Surface terms.; IV.6 Probability For Particle Creation; IV.6a. Type 1 instantons.; IV.6b. Topology change.; IV.6c. Dependence on m and e.; IV.7 The Cosmological Constant; IV.7a. Evolution from de Sitter spacetime.; IV.7b. Evolution to (nearly) flat spacetime.; IV.8 Membrane Creation In Four Dimensions; IV.8a. Four dimensional generalization.; IV.8b. Instantons.; IV.8c. Probability.; IV.8d. Neutralizing the cosmological constant.; References for Chapter IV |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911144565903321 |
| Brown John David | ||
| Singapore ; ; Teaneck, N.J., : World Scientific, c1988 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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