Euclidean Quantum Gravity on Manifolds with Boundary
This book reflects our own struggle to understand the semiclassical behaviour of quantized fields in the presence of boundaries. Along many years, motivated by the problems of quantum cosmology and quantum field theory, we have studied in detail the one-loop properties of massless spin-l/2 fields, E...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1997, 1997
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1997 |
| Series: | Fundamental Theories of Physics
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- I: General Formalism
- 1. The Role of Boundaries in Modern Physics
- 2. Schwinger-Dewitt Asymptotic Expansion
- 3. Effective Action in Quantum Field Theory
- 4. Covariant Quantization of Gauge Theories
- 5. The Zeta-Function
- 6. Boundary Conditions
- II: Gauge Fields and Gravitation
- 7. Euclidean Maxwell Theory
- 8. Simple Supergravity
- 9. Euclidean Quantum Gravity