quantum gravity 量子引力 carlo rovelli

图书标准信息

• 作者 [意]罗威利 著
• 出版社 世界图书出版公司
• 出版时间 2008-03
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9787506291835
• 定价 76.00元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 16开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 455页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

　　Thisbookisaboutonlyoneapproachtothesubject-loopquantumgravity.Itisasubjectofconsiderabletechnicaldifficulty,andtheliteraturedevotedtoitisaformidableone.Thisfeaturealonehashinderedthecross-fertilizationwhichis,asdelineatedabove,soessentialforprogress.However,withinthesepagesonewillfindamuchmoreaccessibledescriptionofthesubject,putforwardbyoneofitsleadingarchitectsanddeepestthinkers.Theexistenceofsuchafinebookwillallowthisimportantsubject,quitelikelytocontributesignificantlytotheunknownultimatetheory,tobeassimilatedbyamuchlargercommunityofthe-orists.Ifthisdoesindeedcometopass,itspublicationwillbecomeoneofthemostimportantdevelopmentsinthisveryactivesubfieldsinceitsonset.

【目录】

Foreword,byJamesBjorken.
Preface
Acknowledgements
Terminologyandnotation
PartⅠRelativisticfoundations
1Generalideasandheuristicpicture
1.1Theproblemofquantumgravity
1.2Loopquantumgravity
1.3Conceptualissues
2GeneralRelativity
2.1Formalism
2.2Theconceptualpathtothetheory
2.3Interpretation
2.4Complements
3Mechanics
3.1Nonrelativisticmechanics:mechanicsisabouttimeevolution
3.2Relativisticmechanics
3.3Fieldtheory
3.4Thermaltimehypothesis
4Hamiltoniangeneralrelativity
4.1Einstein-Hamilton-Jacobi
4.2EuclideanGRandrealconnection
4.3HamiltonianGR
5Quantummechanics
5.1NonrelativisticQM
5.2RelativisticQM
5.3Quantumfieldtheory
5.4Quantumgravity
5.5Complements
5.6Relationalinterpretationofquantumtheory
PartⅡ　Loopquantumgravity
6Quantumspace
7Dynamicsandmatter
8Applications
9Quantumspacetime:spinfoams
10Conclusion
PartⅢ　Appendices
AppendxiAGroupsandrecouplingtheory
Reference
Index