Gravitation Et QuantificationsThis work combines the work of field theorists and general relativists. It features traditional domains of interaction such as perturbation theory, and explores future topics such as measurement theory, string field theory and hidden symmetries for extended objects. |
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Gravitation and experiment by T Damour | 5 |
Testing what? | 11 |
Testing the Newtonian and postNewtonian limits of metric theories of gravity | 28 |
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action algebra analogous approximation Ashtekar black hole canonical Cauchy surface class operators classical closed system coarse grainings coarse-grained histories configuration space consider constraints construction coordinates corresponding cosmology coupling curved space-time decoherence functional defined degrees of freedom denote density matrix diffeomorphism Dirac discussed dynamics Einstein equation equivalent fine-grained histories Fock space formulation framework gauge geometry H₁ Hamiltonian quantum mechanics Hilbert space initial and final initial condition inner product interaction invariant Klein-Gordon linear mathematical matter field measure metric momenta momentum non-relativistic notion observables parameters particle partition path integral phase space Phys physical Poisson bracket positive-frequency predictions probabilities quantization quantum field theory quantum gravity quantum theory region relativistic relativity reparametrization restriction result S-matrix satisfy scalar field semiclassical set of alternative sets of histories solutions space-like surfaces structure sum-over-histories symplectic t₁ tensor tion Unruh effect vacuum values variables Wald wave functions