Lectures in (2+1)-Dimensional Gravity
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2010-04-28 v2
Abstract
These lectures briefly review our current understanding of classical and quantum gravity in three spacetime dimensions, concentrating on the quantum mechanics of closed universes and the (2+1)-dimensional black hole. Three formulations of the classical theory and three approaches to quantization are discussed in some detail, and a number of other approaches are summarized. An extensive, although by no means complete, list of references is included. (Lectures given at the First Seoul Workshop on Gravity and Cosmology, February 24-25, 1995.)
Cite
@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9503024,
title = {Lectures in (2+1)-Dimensional Gravity},
author = {Steven Carlip},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9503024},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
42 pages, LaTeX, four eps figures (two figures from picture environment now replaced by eps figures to accomodate old versions of LaTeX; three references corrected)