Quantum Gravity and Cosmology Based on Conformal Field Theory

Ken-ji Hamada (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

409 Seiten

2018 | Unabridged edition
Cambridge Scholars Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-5275-1371-6 (ISBN)

Infos

What is the world beyond the Planck scale that provides the minimum unit of the universe? The goal of quantum gravity is to reveal physical laws in such a world. There, quantum fluctuations of gravity become large, and what is called a background-free world where the concept of time and distance is lost shall be realized. The renormalizable quantum gravity introduced in this book offers a theory in which such a world is described by a certain conformal field theory and a deviation from there is handled as a perturbation. This is the state-of-the-art of modern physics that will help in understanding the history of the universe, from its birth to the present.

Autor

Ken-ji Hamada is an Associate Professor of Theoretical Physics at the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Japan, having received his PhD in Physics from Hiroshima University in 1989. As a graduate student and postdoctoral fellow, he mainly studied string theory, including conducting research on two-dimensional conformal field theory and two-dimensional quantum gravity. He then proposed a new approach to renormalizable quantum gravity based on conformal field theory.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheinungsdatum: 05.10.2018
• Verlagsort: Newcastle upon Tyne
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 148 x 212 mm
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Hochenergiephysik / Teilchenphysik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Quantenphysik
• ISBN-10: 1-5275-1371-8 / 1527513718
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5275-1371-6 / 9781527513716
• Zustand: Neuware