Quantum Gravity

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Quantum Gravity

   1. The Problems of General Relativity

      • M. A. Markov

      Pages 1-18

   2. The Loss of Quantum Coherence due to Virtual Black Holes

      • S. W. Hawking

      Pages 19-28

   3. Asymptotic Freedom in Renormalisable Gravity and Supergravity

      • E. S. Fradkin, A. A. Tseytlin

      Pages 29-45

   4. Pregeometry

      • H. Terazawa

      Pages 47-56

   5. On High-Frequency Background Quantisation of Gravity

      • H.-H. v. Borzeszkowski

      Pages 57-70

3. Quantum Effects in Cosmology

   1. Complete Cosmological Theories

      • L. P. Grishchuk, Ya. B. Zeldovich

      Pages 71-85

   2. Particle Production and Dynamics in the Early Universe

      • J. B. Hartle

      Pages 87-101

   3. Nonsingular Model of the Universe with the Quantum-Gravitational de Sitter Stage and its Observational Consequences

      • A. A. Starobinsky

      Pages 103-128

   4. Black Holes Evaporation and Big Mass Particle (Maximon, Intermediate Boson) Creation in Nonstationary Universe

      • V. I. Man’ko, M. A. Markov

      Pages 129-142

   5. Origin of The Primordial Inhomogeneities of the Universe

      • D. A. Kompaneets, V. N. Lukash, I. D. Novikov

      Pages 143-159

   6. Quantum Fluctuations in Cosmology and Galaxy Formation

      • G. V. Chibisov, V. F. Mukhanov

      Pages 161-171

   7. Can De Sitter Spacetime be a Final State of the Contracting Universe?

      • V. A. Berezin

      Pages 173-184

   8. A New Inflationary Universe Scenario: A Possible Solution of the Horizon, Flatness, Homogeneity, Isotropy and Primordial Monopole Problems

      • A. D. Linde

      Pages 185-195

   9. Self-Consistent Treatment of Vacuum Quantum Effects in Isotropic Cosmology

      • A. A. Grib, S. G. Mamayev, V. M. Mostepanenko

      Pages 197-212

   10. Quantum Field Theories with Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking in External Gravitational Fields of Cosmological Type

       • V. G. Lapchinsky, V. I. Nekrasov, V. A. Rubakov, A. V. Veryaskin

       Pages 213-229

   11. Grand Unified Phase Transitions and the Early Universe

       • V. A. Kuzmin, M. E. Shaposhnikov, I. I. Tkachev

       Pages 231-248

4. Quantum Effects in Black Holes

   1. On the Generalised Second-Law of Thermodynamics

      • W. G. Unruh

      Pages 249-252

   2. Towards the Theory of Mini Black Holes with Subplanckian Mass

      • Ya B. Zeldovich

      Pages 253-265

   3. Spherically Symmetric Collapse in Quantum Gravity

      • V. P. Frolov, G. A. Vilkovisky

      Pages 267-290

Three years have passed after the First Moscow Seminar on Quantum Gravity. It is a rather long time interval for the modern theoretical physics. The talks given at the present Second Seminar which took place in October 13-15, 1981 in Moscow contain the discussion of new results obtained during this period and the problems which arose. More than one hundred Soviet scientists and a number of the foreign guests attended this Seminar, which as the previous one was held by the Nuclear Physics Department of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR and the Institute for Nuclear Research of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. The aim of the Seminar was to discuss the most important problems of the modern Quantum Gravity, namely: i) Quantum Gravity: the state of art; ii) Quantum effects in Cosmology; iii) Quantum black-hole physics; iv) the recent development in Supergravity and v) Quantum Gauge Theories. The Editorial Board expresses its sincere gratitude to all physicists who have contributed to these Proceedings for their cooperation with the Board in respect of time limitation, accurate and patient fulfilment of all tiresome requirements, set by the Board. The talks in the Proceedings are arranged in sections in accordance with their presentation at the Seminar.

• cosmology
• gauge theory
• general relativity
• geometry
• law of thermodynamics
• phase transition
• quantization
• quantum gravity
• relativity
• solution
• supergravity
• supersymmetry
• theory of relativity
• thermodynamics
• vacuum

• Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow, USSR

  M. A. Markov

• King’s College, London, England

  P. C. West

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