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Classical and Quantum Gravity

A journal for physicists, cosmologists, and mathematicians, it covers all aspects of the study of gravitation and spacetime. It is an international journal, and recognized by the European Physical Society.

Subject coverage:

• Classical general relativity: chronological, causal and conformal structures; global properties of spacetime; initial-value problems; exact solutions; numerical methods; Regge calculus; complex methods and twistors.
• Applications of relativity: relativistic astrophysics; experimental tests; gravitational radiation; gravitational lenses; black holes and collapsed objects.
• Cosmology and the early universe: elementary particle physics in the early universe; grand unified theories and phase transitions; inflationary cosmology; theories of galaxy formation and large-scale structure; cosmic strings; topological defects.
• Quantum gravity: canonical and covariant quantization; quantum field theory in curved spacetime; semiclassical quantization; topological effects; gauge and gravitational anomalies; quantum cosmology; quantum theory of black holes and information loss.
• Supersymmetry, supergravity and superstrings: structure of string theory; worldsheet symmetries; conformal field theory; string vacua; compactifications; supergravity; phenomenological applications.
• Gauge-covariant systems: particles, strings and extended objects; constrained Hamiltonian systems; BRST quantization; geometric quantization; renormalization; path integrals; geometry and topology of field theories; instantons; non-linear sigma models.

Holdings: Vol. 1 (1984)--present

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