Topics On Quantum Gravity And Beyond: Essays In Honor Of Louis Witten On His Retirement

AvSCANIO J SCANIO F MANSOURI,Freydoon Mansouri

Inbunden, Engelska, 1993

2 169 kr

Tillfälligt slut

Beskrivning

This festschrift was conceived in connection with the symposium "Topics on Quantum Gravity and Beyond," held in honor of Louis Witten. The majority of the essays deal with problems on the frontiers of quantum gravity and string theories. There are also articles on atomic, nuclear, and particle physics, to name a few.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1993-05-01
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:392
Förlag:World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
ISBN:9789810212902

Utforska kategorier

Tillämpad fysik inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Innehållsförteckning

Two-dimensional string theory and black holes, E. Witten; lessons from D=3 gravity theories, S. Deser; problems of naturalness - some lessons from string theory, M. Dine; how does the classical world emerge from the wave function?, B. deWitt; noncompact symmetries from dimensional reduction, J.H. Schwarz; monopoles and blackholes, K.C. Wali; Euclidean Maxwell-Einstein theory, D. Brill; dilaton gravity and WZW models, C.R. Nappi; localized energy in general relativity and the implications for gravitational radiation, F.I. Cooperstock; physical solutions of semiclassical relativistic models with quantum corrections, L. Parker. (Part contents)