Reprint
Progress in Group Field Theory and Related Quantum Gravity Formalisms
Edited by
July 2020
338 pages
- ISBN978-3-03936-178-6 (Paperback)
- ISBN978-3-03936-179-3 (PDF)
This book is a reprint of the Special Issue Progress in Group Field Theory and Related Quantum Gravity Formalisms that was published in
Physical Sciences
Summary
Following the fundamental insights from quantum mechanics and general relativity, geometry itself should have a quantum description; the search for a complete understanding of this description is what drives the field of quantum gravity. Group field theory is an ambitious framework in which theories of quantum geometry are formulated, incorporating successful ideas from the fields of matrix models, ten-sor models, spin foam models and loop quantum gravity, as well as from the broader areas of quantum field theory and mathematical physics. This special issue collects recent work in group field theory and these related approaches, as well as other neighbouring fields (e.g., cosmology, quantum information and quantum foundations, statistical physics) to the extent that these are directly relevant to quantum gravity research.
Format
- Paperback
License and Copyright
© 2020 by the authors; CC BY-NC-ND license
Keywords
quantum-gravity phenomenology; hypersurface deformation algebra; loop quantum gravity; black holes; no-boundary proposal; loop quantum cosmology; LQC instanton; quantum gravity; computer simulations; numerical methods; quantum gravity; renormalization group; discrete quantum gravity models; nonperturbative renormalization group; quantum gravity; random geometry; mimetic gravity; limiting curvature; bouncing cosmology; quantum gravity; effective field theory; quantum geometry; quantum gravity; quantum cosmology; group field theory; loop quantum gravity; quantum cosmology; cosmological perturbation theory; Lewis-Riesenfeld invariant; Bogoliubov transformation; adiabatic vacua; Spin networks; vertex amplitudes; quantum computing; background independence; generalised statistical equilibrium; quantum gravity; entropy; holographic entanglement; quantum gravity; group field theory; random tensor networks; quantum many-body physics; quantum geometry; quantum gravity; group field theory