Topics on Quantum Gravity and Beyond

by Mansouri, Freydoon; Scanio, Joseph J.

• ISBN13: 9789810212902
• ISBN10: 9810212909
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1993-08-01
• Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc

Table of Contents

Preface
How Does The Classical World Emerge From The Wave Function?	p. 3
The Space-Time Approach To Quantum Mechanics	p. 17
What Can We Learn From The Study Of Non-Perturbative Quantum General Relativity?	p. 33
Physical Solutions of Semi-Classical General Relativistic Models With Quantum Corrections	p. 69
Lessons From D=3 Gravity Theories	p. 80
Non-Perturbative Dynamics In 2+1 Dimensional Gravity	p. 93
Exact Solutions In Topological Gravity	p. 111
Two Dimensional String Theory And Black Holes	p. 126
Noncompact Symmetries From Dimensional Reduction	p. 143
Problems Of Naturalness : Some Lessons From String Theory	p. 157
Dilaton Gravity And WZW Models	p. 170
Testing General Relativity	p. 180
Localized Energy In General Relativity And The Implications For Gravitational Radiation	p. 201
High Amplitude Behavior Of Gravitational Energy	p. 211
Euclidean Maxwell-Einstein Theory	p. 221
Dynamical Instabilities In Self-Gravitating Objects	p. 229
Enhancement Of One's Appreciation Of Mathematical Ideas Through The Use Of Computer Graphics	p. 238
Monopoles And Blackholes	p. 247
Accelerated Observers And Comformal Invariance	p. 257
Charged Particle Dynamics - A Retrospect	p. 272
A New Model Of Strongly Coupled QED	p. 283
Hydrogen As A Hole In Helium	p. 302
Models With Quantum Symmetry And Their Spectra	p. 322
Vector Potentials In The Theory Of Turbulence	p. 334
Soft Perturbation Theory	p. 341
Some New Consequences Of The Non-Abelian Anomalies	p. 350
Dynamical Violation Of Parity In Three Dimensions	p. 363
Mass Bounds For Space-Like Neutrinos	p. 369
Some Examples Of Building Models Testable At The SSC	p. 377
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