Quantum Field Theory and Gravity : Conceptual and Mathematical Advances in the Search for a Unified Framework

Finster, Felix (EDT); Muller, Olaf (EDT); Nardmann, Marc (EDT); Tolksdorf, Jurgen (EDT); Zeidler, Eberhard (EDT)

ISBN 10: 3034800428 / ISBN 13: 9783034800426

Verlag: Birkhäuser, 2012

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Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 16130225-n

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• Titel: Quantum Field Theory and Gravity : Conceptual and Mathematical Advances in the Search for a Unified Framework
• Verlag: Birkhäuser
• Veröffentlichungsdatum: 2012
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 3034800428
• ISBN-13: 9783034800426
• Bindung: Hardcover
• Zustand: New

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One of the most challenging problems of contemporary theoretical physics is the mathematically rigorous construction of a theory which describes gravitation and the other fundamental physical interactions within a common framework. The physical ideas which grew from attempts to develop such a theory require highly advanced mathematical methods and radically new physical concepts.

This book presents different approaches to a rigorous unified description of quantum fields and gravity. It contains a carefully selected cross-section of lively discussions which took place in autumn 2010 at the fifth conference "Quantum field theory and gravity - Conceptual and mathematical advances in the search for a unified framework" in Regensburg, Germany. In the tradition of the other proceedings covering this series of conferences, a special feature of this book is the exposition of a wide variety of approaches, with the intention to facilitate a comparison.

The book is mainly addressed to mathematicians and physicists who are interested in fundamental questions of mathematical physics. It allows the reader to obtain a broad and up-to-date overview of a fascinating active research area.