Loops, Knots, Gauge Theories and Quantum Gravity

ISBN-13: 9781009290166 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 340 str.

Jorge (Pennsylvania State University) Pullin

Opis

This 1996 volume, reissued as OA, provides an introduction to applications of loop representations in particle physics and quantum gravity.

Spis treści

1. Holonomies and the group of loops; 2. Loop coordinates and the extended group of loops; 3. The loop representation; 4. Maxwell theory; 5. Yang-Mills theories; 6. Lattice techniques; 7. Quantum gravity; 8. The loop representation of quantum theory; 9. Loop representation: further developments; 10. Knot theory and physical states of quantum gravity; 11. The extended loop representation of quantum gravity; 12. Conclusions: present status and outlook; References; Index.