Introduction to Bronstein's "Quantum theory of weak gravitational fields"
History and Philosophy of Physics
2012-01-04 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Abstract
A scientific introduction and short biography to accompany the translation of Matvei P. Bronstein, "Quantum theory of weak gravitational fields", Phys. Zeitschr. der Sowjetunion 9, 140 157 (1936), to appear as a "Golden Oldie" in JGRG.
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@article{arxiv.1110.5941,
title = {Introduction to Bronstein's "Quantum theory of weak gravitational fields"},
author = {S. Deser and A. Starobinsky},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1110.5941},
year = {2012}
}
Comments
Introduction to translation of Bronstein's original 1935 paper as a "Golden oldie", JGRG, Jan 2012