Approaches to Fundamental Physics An Assessment of Current Theoretical Ideas /

This book presents contributions on particle theory, quantum field theory, general relativity, quantum gravity, string theory and cosmology. These represent the outcome of numerous discussions, taking place among the authors over a period of several years, about the research landscape of present-day...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Stamatescu, Ion-Olimpiu (Editor), Seiler, Erhard (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
Series:Lecture Notes in Physics, 721
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
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505 0 |a – The Many-Fold Way of Contemporary High Energy Theoretical Physics -- Elementary Particle Theory -- The Standard Model of Particle Physics -- Beyond the Standard Model -- Quantum Field Theory -- Quantum Field Theory: Where We Are -- General Relativity Theory -- General Relativity -- Remarks on the Notions of General Covariance and Background Independence -- Quantum Gravity -- Why Quantum Gravity? -- The Canonical Approach to Quantum Gravity: General Ideas and Geometrodynamics -- Loop and Spin Foam Quantum Gravity: A Brief Guide for Beginners -- Loop Quantum Gravity: An Inside View -- Quantum Einstein Gravity: Towards an Asymptotically Safe Field Theory of Gravity -- String Theory -- String Theory: An Overview -- Cosmology -- Dark Energy. 
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