TY  - BOOK
AU  - Carlip,Steven
TI  - Quantum gravity in 2+1 Dimensions
SN  - 0521564085
AV  - QC178 .C185 1998
U1  - 530.14/3 21
PY  - 1998///
CY  - Cambridge, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Quantum gravity
KW  - General relativity (Physics)
KW  - Space and time
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 250-266) and index; 1. Why (2+1)-dimensional gravity?; 2. Classical general relativity in 2+1 dimensions; 3. A field guide to the (2+1)-dimensional spacetimes; 4. Geometric structures and Chern-Simons theory; 5. Canonical quantization in reduced phase space; 6. The connection representation; 7. Operator algebras and loops; 8. The Wheeler-DeWitt equation; 9. Lorentzian path integrals; 10. Euclidian path integrals and quantum cosmology; 11. Lattice methods; 12. The (2+1)-dimensional black hole; 13. Next steps; Appendix A. The topology of manifolds; Appendix B. Lorentzian metrics and causal structure; Appendix C. Differential geometry and fiber bundles; References; Index
N2  - A survey of (2+1)-dimensional quantum gravity. The book emphasizes the "quantum cosmology" of closed universes and the quantum mechanics of the (2+1)-dimensional black hole. It compares and contrasts a variety of approaches, and examines what they imply for a realistic theory of quantum gravity. (Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics)
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam028/97042893.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam022/97042893.html
ER  -