The Arrows of Time

1. Introduction
Laura Mersini-Houghton, Rüdiger Vaas

2. Time After Time — Big Bang Cosmology and the Arrows of Time
Rüdiger Vaas

3. Fundamental Loss of Quantum Coherence from Quantum Gravity
Rodolfo Gambini, Rafael A. Porto, Jorge Pullin

4. The Clock Ambiguity: Implications and New Developments
Andreas Albrecht, Alberto Iglesias

5. Holographic Cosmology and the Arrow of Time
Tom Banks

6. The Emergent Nature of Time and the Complex Numbers in Quantum Cosmology
Gary W. Gibbons

7. The Phantom Bounce: A New Proposal for an Oscillating Cosmology
Katherine Freese, Matthew G. Brown, William H. Kinney

8. Notes on Time’s Enigma
Laura Mersini-Houghton

9. A Momentous Arrow of Time
Martin Bojowald

10. Can the Arrow of Time Be Understood from Quantum Cosmology?
Claus Kiefer

11. Open Questions Regarding the Arrow of Time
H. Dieter Zeh

Nyckelord: Physics, Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory, Philosophy of Science, Quantum Field Theories, String Theory