
Introduction To Covariant Quantum Gravity And Asymptotic Safety, An
Roberto Percacci(Author)
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Published on 19. April 2017
Book
Hardback
312 pages
978-981-320-717-2 (ISBN)
Description
This book covers recent developments in the covariant formulation of quantum gravity. Developed in the 1960s by Feynman and DeWitt, by the 1980s this approach seemed to lead nowhere due to perturbative non-renormalizability. The possibility of non-perturbative renormalizability or 'asymptotic safety', originally suggested by Weinberg but largely ignored for two decades, was revived towards the end of the century by technical progress in the field of the renormalization group. It is now a very active field of research, providing an alternative to other approaches to quantum gravity.Written by one of the early contributors to this subject, this book provides a gentle introduction to the relevant ideas and calculational techniques. Several explicit calculations gradually bring the reader close to the current frontier of research. The main difficulties and present lines of development are also outlined.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Singapore
Singapore
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 175 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
724 gr
ISBN-13
978-981-320-717-2 (9789813207172)
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