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Ivan G. Avramidi
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Heat Kernel and Quantum Gravity (Lecture Notes in Physics Monographs) |
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German (Germany) |
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Hardcover |
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152 |
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2000-04-01 |
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3540671552 |
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Springer |
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0.85 pounds |
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6.06 x 0.43 x 9.06 inches |
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2000 |
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Product Description
This book tackles quantum gravity via the so-called background field method and its effective action functional. The author presents an explicitly covariant and effective technique to calculate the de Witt coefficients and to analyze the Schwinger-de Wit asymptotic expansion of the effective action. He also investigates the ultraviolet behaviour of higher-derivative quantum gravity.
The book addresses theoretical physicists, graduate students as well as researchers, but should also be of interest to physicists working in mathematical or elementary particle physics.
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http://bookmooch.com/3540671552 |
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