Quantum Structure of Space and Time

Cambridge University Press
Edition: Reissue, 7/19/2012
EAN 9781107404588, ISBN10: 1107404584

Paperback, 448 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm
Language: English

This book was first published in 1982. It consists of selected contributions presented at the Nuffield Quantum Gravity Workshop held at Imperial College, London, in August 1981. The book is divided into three parts which correspond with the three separate themes pursued at the workshop. Part I is concerned with the geometrical and topological aspects of quantum gravity. Part II focuses on supergravity and its application to the Grand Unified Theories of elementary particles. Part III concentrates on the early universe and cosmology. The book, therefore, covers not only supergravity, but the whole spectrum of quantum gravity research.

Foreword Abdus Salam
Preface
List of participants
Part I. Quantum Gravity, Fields and Topology
1. Some remarks on gravity and quantum mechanics Roger Penrose
2. An experimental test of quantum gravity Don N. Page and C. D. Geilker
3. Quantum mechanical origin of the sandwich theorem in classical gravitation theory Claudio Teitelboim
4. θ-States induced by the diffeomorphism group in canonically quantized gravity C. J. Isham
5. Strong coupling quantum gravity
an introduction Martin Pilati
6. Quantizing fourth order gravity theories S. M. Christensen
7. Green's functions, states and renormalisation M. R. Brown and A. C. Ottewill
8. Introduction to quantum regge calculus Martin Roček and Ruth Williams
9. Spontaneous symmetry breaking in curved space-time D. J. Toms
10. Spontaneous symmetry breaking near a black hole M. S. Fawcett and B. F. Whiting
11. Yang–Mills vacua in a general three-space G. Kunstatter
12. Fermion fractionization in physics R. Jackiw
Part II. Supergravity
13. The new minimal formulation of N=1 supergravity and its tensor calculus M. F. Sohnius and P. C. West
14. A new deteriorated energy-momentum tensor M. J. Duff and P. K. Townsend
15. Off-shell N=2 and N=4 supergravity in five dimensions P. Howe
16. Supergravity in high dimensions P. van Niewenhuizen
17. Building linearised extended supergravities J. G. Taylor
18. (Super)gravity in the complex angular momentum plane M. T. Grisaru
19. The multiplet structure of solitons in the O(2) supergravity theory G. W. Gibbons
20. Ultra-violet properties of supersymmetric gauge theory S. Ferrara
21. Extended supercurrents and the ultra-violet finiteness of N=4 supersymmetric Yang–Mills theories K. S. Stelle
22. Duality rotations B. Zumino
Part III. Cosmology and the Early Universe
23. Energy, stability and cosmological constant S. Deser
24. Phase transitions in the early universe T. W. B. Kibble
25. Complete cosmological theories L. P. Grishchuk and Ya. B. Zeldovich
26. The cosmological constant and the weak anthropic principle S. W. Hawking.