Lectures On Non-perturbative Canonical Gravity

by Abhay Ashtekar

Overview

Notes prepared in Collaboration with Ranjeet S Tate
It is now generally recognized that perturbative field theoretical methods that have been highly successful in the quantum description of non-gravitational interactions cannot be used as a means of constructing a quantum theory of gravity. The primary aim of the book is to present an up- to-date account of a non-perturbative, canonical quantization program for gravity. Many of the technical results obtained in the process are of interest also to differential geometry, classical general relativity and QCD. The program as a whole was highlighted in virtually every major conference in gravitational physics over the past three years.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789810205737
Publisher:	World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date:	07/01/1991
Series:	Advanced Series In Astrophysics And Cosmology , #6
Pages:	356
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.10(d)