Gravity and the quantum : pedagogical essays on cosmology, astrophysics, and quantum gravity /: pedagogical essays on cosmology, astrophysics, and quantum gravity. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jasjeet Singh Bagla, Sunu Engineer, editors.
• Editors: Bagla, Jasjeet Singh; Engineer, Sunu
• Contents: J. Alcaniz et al. Measuring baryon acoustic oscillations with angular two-point correlation function -- C.M. Boily Resonant disruption of binary stars by a catalytic black hole -- Rong-Gen Cai and Li-Ming Cao Mechanics of Apparent Horizon in Two Dimensional Dilaton Gravity -- Sumanta Chakraborty Boundary Terms of the Einstein-Hilbert Action -- Timothy Clifton and John Barrow Decay of the Cosmic Vacuum Energy -- Naresh Dadhich Understanding General Relativity after 100 years: A matter of perspective -- Tevian Dray Piecewise Conserved Quantities -- Pankaj Joshi Self-Similarity and Criticality in Gravitational Collapse -- Claus Kiefer Notes on semiclassical Weyl gravity -- Dawood Kothawala Accelerated Observers, Thermal Entropy, and Spacetime Curvature -- Donald Lynden-Bell A local stress tensor for gravity Fields -- Michele Maggiore Nonlocal Infrared Modifications of Gravity: A Review -- Ayan Mukhopadhyay Emergence of gravity and RG flow -- S. Modak Modelling non-paradoxical loss of information in black hole evaporation -- J.V. Narlikar Relativistic Paths : A Feynman Problem -- Martin Rees Thoughts on 50 years in astrophysics and cosmology and on what comes next -- Sudipta Sarkar Area Theorem: General Relativity and Beyond -- Shankarnarayanan What Are the Atoms of Space Time? -- Suprit Singh From Quantum to Classical in the Sky -- T.P. Singh Classical and quantum: a conflict of interest -- Lee Smolin Four principles for quantum gravity -- L. Sriramkurar What do detectors detect? -- Urjit A Yajnik Stability longevity and all that : false vacua and topological defects.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 530.12; 530; Physics; Quantum gravity; SCIENCE -- Physics -- Quantum Theory; Quantum gravity; Science -- Astronomy; Science -- Nuclear Physics; Science -- Physics; Theoretical & mathematical astronomy; Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory); History of science; Astronomy; Quantum theory; Science -- Gravity; Gravity; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319517001; 3319517007
• Related ISBNs: 9783319516998; 331951699X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed March 6, 2017).
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