The Quantum Gravity Seminar - Semester 2008-2 (02/2008-06/2008)

The Seminar was organized by Robert Oeckl and José Antonio Zapata and held at the IMATE-UNAM, Morelia.

date - timespeaker*subject
0208 - 09:00 planning session
0215 - 09:00 O. Müller Why quantum gravity (QG)? Why not coupling quantum field theory (QFT) to classical general relativity (GR)?
0222 - 09:00 R. OecklP Conceptual issues and overview
0229 - 09:00 D. Colosi QFT path integral approach to QG: background metric + fluctuations at tree level, one loop and non-renormalizability
0307 - 09:30 J. A. Zapata Effective QFT approach to QG. Quantum and classical corrections to Newton's grav. + QFT at low energies. Measurable effects.
0314 - 09:30
0328 - 09:30 M. DohseR Euclidean QG, wave function of the universe, no boundary proposal
0404 - 09:30
0411 - 09:30 F. HaasP R Canonical treatment of classical GR. 3+1 ADM formulation. Classical observables.
0422 - 16:45 D. ColosiP R Quantum geometrodynamics
0428 - 12:00 M. BustamanteP Connection variables and Ashtekar approach to classical GR
0502 - 09:30 M. BustamanteP Loop Quantum Gravity
0509 - 09:30
0512 - 12:00
0516 - 09:30 M. DohseP N Spin foam models of quantum gravity
0523 - 09:30
0530 - 09:30
0606 - 09:30 F. HaasP Quantum Gravity in 2+1 Dimensions
0613 - 16:30R. Oeckl Quantum Gravity as a TQFT and the General Boundary Formulation

* = supplementary material: P = presentation, N = notes, R = list of references.


Last updated 12 January 2010.