Quantum Geometry, Matrix Theory, and Gravity (Hardcover)

Harold C. Steinacker

ISBN 10: 1009440780 / ISBN 13: 9781009440783

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2024

Beschreibung

Hardcover. Building on mathematical structures familiar from quantum mechanics, this book provides an introduction to quantization in a broad context before developing a framework for quantum geometry in Matrix Theory and string theory. Taking a physics-oriented approach to quantum geometry, this framework helps explain the physics of YangMills-type matrix models, leading to a quantum theory of space-time and matter. This novel framework is then applied to Matrix Theory, which is defined through distinguished maximally supersymmetric matrix models related to string theory. A mechanism for gravity is discussed in depth, which emerges as a quantum effect on quantum space-time within Matrix Theory. Using explicit examples and exercises, readers will develop a physical intuition for the mathematical concepts and mechanisms. It will benefit advanced students and researchers in theoretical and mathematical physics, and is a useful resource for physicists and mathematicians interested in the geometrical aspects of quantization in a broader context. The volume provides an introduction to quantization in a broad context, and a systematic development of quantum geometry in Matrix Theory and string theory. It addresses advanced students and researchers in theoretical physics and mathematics, who are interested in quantum aspects of space-time and geometry in a physical context. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781009440783

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Quantum Geometry, Matrix Theory, and Gravity (Hardcover)
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1009440780
• ISBN-13: 9781009440783
• Einband: Hardcover
• Zustand: new

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Inhaltsangabe

Building on mathematical structures familiar from quantum mechanics, this book provides an introduction to quantization in a broad context before developing a framework for quantum geometry in Matrix Theory and string theory. Taking a physics-oriented approach to quantum geometry, this framework helps explain the physics of Yang–Mills-type matrix models, leading to a quantum theory of space-time and matter. This novel framework is then applied to Matrix Theory, which is defined through distinguished maximally supersymmetric matrix models related to string theory. A mechanism for gravity is discussed in depth, which emerges as a quantum effect on quantum space-time within Matrix Theory. Using explicit examples and exercises, readers will develop a physical intuition for the mathematical concepts and mechanisms. It will benefit advanced students and researchers in theoretical and mathematical physics, and is a useful resource for physicists and mathematicians interested in the geometrical aspects of quantization in a broader context.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Harold Steinacker is senior scientist at the University of Vienna. He obtained his Ph.D. in physics at the University of California at Berkeley, and has held research positions at several universities. He has published more than 100 research papers, contributing significantly to the understanding of quantum geometry and matrix models in fundamental physics.