Quantum gravity and cosmology based on conformal field theory. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By Ken-ji Hamada.
• Authors: Hamada, Kenji, 1962-
• Contents: Intro; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter One; Academic Interests; Historical Background; Excellent Points of The Theory; Outline of The Book; Chapter Two; Conformal Transformations; Conformal Algebra and Field Transformation Law; Correlation Functions and Positivity; Specific Examples of Positivity Conditions; Descendant Fields and Positivity; Feynman Propagators and Unitarity; Chapter Three; Critical Phenomena and Conformal Field Theory; Basic Structures; Rederivation of Two-Point Functions; Operator Product Expansions; Conformal Blocks; Casimir Operator and Conformal Blocks Unitarity Bound AgainUnitarity Bounds from Conformal Bootstrap; Wilson-Fisher Epsilon-Expansion; Chapter Four; Virasoro Algebra and Unitary Representations; Virasoro Character and Partition Function on Torus; Free Boson Representation; Chapter Five; Wess-Zumino Integrability Condition; Liouville and Riegert Actions; Diffeomorphism Invariant Effective Actions; Toward BRST Conformal Symmetry; Chapter Six; Quantization of Liouville Action; Virasoro Algebra and Physical States; BRST Operator and Physical States; On Correlation Functions; Chapter Seven; Quantum Gravity Action Diffeomorphism Invariance and Conformal InvarianceQuantization of Gravitational Field; Conformal-factor field; Traceless tensor field; Generators of Diffeomorphism; Conformal Algebra and Primary Fields; Physical Field Operators; BRST Formulation and Physical Conditions; Difference from conventional thinking; Chapter Eight; Canonical Quantization on R × S3; Generators of Conformal Transformations; BRST Operator and Physical State Conditions; Construction of Physical States; Physical Field Operators; State-Operator Correspondences and Dual States; Chapter Nine Chapter TwelveInflation and Spacetime Phase Transition; Low Energy Effective Gravity Theory; Chapter Thirteen; Perturbation Variables; Evolution Equations of Fluctuations; Einstein Equations; Conservation Equations for Matter Fields; Fourier Transform of Evolution Equations; Solutions of Vector and Tensor Equations; Solutions in Physical Time; Solutions in Conformal Time; Solutions of Scalar EquationsWithout Baryons; Radiation-Dominated Era; Matter-Dominated Era; Solutions of Scalar Equations With Baryons; Evolution of Matter Fluctuations After Neutralization; Chapter Fourteen
• Publisher Details: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 397 pages)
• Subjects: 531/.14; Quantum theory; Cosmology; Quantum gravity -- Mathematics; Field theory (Physics); Quantum theory; Cosmology; Field theory (Physics); Quantum gravity -- Mathematics; SCIENCE / Mechanics / General; SCIENCE / Mechanics / Solids; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781527526327; 1527526321
• Related ISBNs: 9781527513716; 1527513718
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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