文档介绍：Quantum Field Theory
and Gravity
Conceptual and Mathematical Advances
in the Search for a Unified Framework
Felix Finster
Olaf Müller
Marc Nardmann
Jürgen Tolksdorf
Eberhard Zeidler
Editors
Editors
Felix Finster Olaf Müller
Lehrstuhl für Mathematik Lehrstuhl für Mathematik
Universität Regensburg Universität Regensburg
Germany Germany
Marc Nardmann Jürgen Tolksdorf
Fachbereich Mathematik Max-Planck-Institut für
Universität Hamburg Mathematik in den Naturwissenschaften
Germany Leipzig, Germany
Eberhard Zeidler
Max-Planck-Institut für
Mathematik in den Naturwissenschaften
Leipzig, Germany
ISBN 978-3-0348-0042 - 6 e-ISBN 978-3-0348-0043 - 3
DOI -3-0348-0043 - 3
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Contents
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .vii
Claus Kiefer
Quantum Gravity: Whence, Whither? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Klaus Fredenhagen, Katarzyna Rejzner
Local Covariance and Background Independence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Blake Temple
The “Big Wave” Theory for Dark Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Steffen Gielen, Daniele Oriti
Discrete and Continuum Third Quantization of Gravity . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Andreas D¨oring, Rui Soares Bar