Topology change in classical and quantum gravity
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2011-10-05 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
In these two lectures I describe the difficulties one encounters when trying to construct a framework in which to describe topology change in classical general relativity where one sticks to the assumption of an everywhere non-singular Lorentzian metric and how these difficulties can be circumvented in the Euclidean approach to quantum gravity.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.1110.0611,
title = {Topology change in classical and quantum gravity},
author = {G. W. Gibbons},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1110.0611},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
27 pages, no figures, Published in Mt. Sorak Symposium 1991:159-185 (QCD161:S939:1991) Developments in Field Theory, ed. Jihn E Kim (Min Eum Sa, Seoul) (1992)