Heat Kernel and Quantum Gravity - Ivan G. Avramidi

Heat Kernel and Quantum Gravity

Buch | Softcover
X, 152 Seiten
2010 | 1. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-642-08646-5 (ISBN)
106,99 inkl. MwSt
This book tackles quantum gravity via the so-called background field method and its effective action functional. The author presents an explicitly covariant and effective technique to calculate the de Witt coefficients and to analyze the Schwinger-de Wit asymptotic expansion of the effective action. He also investigates the ultraviolet behaviour of higher-derivative quantum gravity.
The book addresses theoretical physicists, graduate students as well as researchers, but should also be of interest to physicists working in mathematical or elementary particle physics.

Background Field Method in Quantum Field Theory.- Technique for Calculation of De Witt Coefficients.- Partial Summation of Schwinger-De Witt Expansion.- Higher-Derivative Quantum Gravity.- Conclusion.

"This monograph rightly belongs to a series 'Lecture notes in Physics', as it represents a well-written review of main results by the author, who is a recognized expert on heat kernel techniques in quantum gravity. [...] The results exposed in this book reflect the major contributions of the author to differential geometry and the theory of differential operators. They have many applications in quantum field theory with background fields, and indeed, the book can be used as a text for a short graduate course in the heat kernel techniques and their quantum gravity." (Mathematical Reviews 2003a)

Erscheint lt. Verlag 8.12.2010
Reihe/Serie Lecture Notes in Physics Monographs
Zusatzinfo X, 152 p.
Verlagsort Berlin
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 235 mm
Gewicht 258 g
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Hochenergiephysik / Teilchenphysik
Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Theoretische Physik
Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Thermodynamik
Schlagworte Background Field Method • Gravity • Particle physics • Quantum Gravity • Schwinger-de Witt Expansion
ISBN-10 3-642-08646-2 / 3642086462
ISBN-13 978-3-642-08646-5 / 9783642086465
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