Heat Kernel and Quantum Gravity
Ivan G. Avramidi
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.
Կատեգորիաներ:
Տարի:
2000
Հրատարակում:
1
Հրատարակչություն:
Springer
Լեզու:
english
Էջեր:
128
ISBN 10:
3540671552
ISBN 13:
9783540671558
Սերիաներ:
LNPM 64
Ֆայլ:
PDF, 6.41 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2000