LQG for the Bewildered The Self-Dual Approach Revisited /

• Main Authors: Vaid, Deepak (Author), Bilson-Thompson, Sundance (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Physics.; Mathematical physics.; Gravitation.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.; Mathematical Physics.; Mathematical Methods in Physics.; Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences.

This primer offers a concise introduction to Loop Quantum Gravity (LQG) - a theoretical framework for uniting Quantum Mechanics (QM) with General Relativity (GR). The emphasis is on the physical aspects of the framework and its historical development in terms of self-dual variables, still most suite...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Classical GR
• Quantum Field Theory
• Expanding on classical GR
• First steps to a theory of Quantum Gravity
• Kinematical Hilbert Space
• Black Hole Entropy
• Discussion and recent developments
• Appendices: Conventions, Lie Derivative, ADM Variables, D Duality, Path Ordered Exponential, Peter-Weyl Theorem, Square-Free Numbers, Brahmagupta-Pell Equation, Quadratic Integers and the BP Equation, Kodama State, 3j-symbols, Regge Calculus.