Title Timeless Quantum Mechanics and the Early Universe Author(s) Chataignier, Leonardo Publication Cham, 1. Imprint: Springer 2. Springer International Publishing, 2022. Description XX, 242 p : online resource Abstract Note The book is based on the author's PhD thesis, which deals with the concept of time in quantum gravity and its relevance for the physics of the early Universe. It presents a consistent and complete new relational formulation of quantum gravity (more specifically, of quantum mechanics models with diffeomorphism invariance), which is applied to potentially observable cosmological effects. The work provides answers to the following questions: How can the dynamics of quantum states of matter and geometry be defined in a diffeomorphism-invariant way? What is the relevant space of physical states and which operators act on it? How are the quantum states related to probabilities in the absence of a preferred time? The answers can provide a further part of the route to constructing a fundamental theory of quantum gravity. The book is well-suited to graduate students as well as professional researchers in the fields of general relativity and gravitation, cosmology, and quantum foundations ISBN,Price 9783030944483 Keyword(s) 1. Classical and Quantum Gravity 2. COSMOLOGY 3. EBOOK 4. EBOOK - SPRINGER 5. GRAVITATION 6. MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS 7. QUANTUM PHYSICS 8. Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics Item Type Book Multi-Media Links Please Click here for eBook Circulation Data Accession#   Call# Status Issued To Return Due On Physical Location I12532     On Shelf