Preface |
Notation and conventions |
Introduction |
Classical Foundations, Interpretation and the Canonical Quantisation Programme / Part I: |
Classical Hamiltonian formulation of general relativity / 1: |
The problem of time, locality and the interpretation of quantum mechanics / 2: |
The programme of canonical quantisation / 3: |
The new canonical variables of Ashtekar for general relativity / 4: |
Foundations of Modern Canonical Quantum General Relativity / Part II: |
Step I: the holonomy-flux algebra [P] / 5: |
Step II: quantum-algebra / 7: |
Step III: representation theory of [A] / 8: |
Step IV / 9: |
Implementation and solution of the kinematical constraints |
Step V / 10: |
Implementation and solution of the Hamiltonian constraint |
Step VI: semiclassical analysis / 11: |
Physical Applications / Part III: |
Extension to standard matter / 12: |
Kinematical geometrical operators / 13: |
Spin foam models / 14: |
Quantum black hole physics / 15: |
Applications to particle physics and quantum cosmology / 16: |
Loop quantum gravity phenomenology / 17: |
Mathematical Tools and their Connection to Physics / Part IV: |
Tools from general topology / 18: |
Differential, Riemannian, symplectic and complex geometry / 19: |
Semianalytical category / 20: |
Elements of fibre bundle theory / 21: |
Holonomies on non-trivial fibre bundles / 22: |
Geometric quantisation / 23: |
The Dirac algorithm for field theories with constraints / 24: |
Tools from measure theory / 25: |
Elementary introduction to Gel'fand theory for Abelean C* algebras / 26: |
Bohr compactification of the real line / 27: |
Operatir -algebras and spectral theorem / 28: |
Refined algebraic quantisation (RAQ) and direct integral decomposition (DID) / 29: |
Basics of harmonic analysis on compact Lie groups / 30: |
Spin network functions for SU(2) / 31: |
+ Functional analytical description of classical connection dynamics / 32: |
Bibliography |
Index |
Preface |
Notation and conventions |
Introduction |
Classical Foundations, Interpretation and the Canonical Quantisation Programme / Part I: |
Classical Hamiltonian formulation of general relativity / 1: |
The problem of time, locality and the interpretation of quantum mechanics / 2: |