The Seminar was organized by Robert Oeckl and José Antonio Zapata and held at the IMATE-UNAM, Morelia.
date - time | speaker | * | subject |
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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. Oeckl | P | 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. Dohse | R | Euclidean QG, wave function of the universe, no boundary proposal |
0404 - 09:30 | |||
0411 - 09:30 | F. Haas | P R | Canonical treatment of classical GR. 3+1 ADM formulation. Classical observables. |
0422 - 16:45 | D. Colosi | P R | Quantum geometrodynamics |
0428 - 12:00 | M. Bustamante | P | Connection variables and Ashtekar approach to classical GR |
0502 - 09:30 | M. Bustamante | P | Loop Quantum Gravity |
0509 - 09:30 | |||
0512 - 12:00 | |||
0516 - 09:30 | M. Dohse | P N | Spin foam models of quantum gravity |
0523 - 09:30 | |||
0530 - 09:30 | |||
0606 - 09:30 | F. Haas | P | Quantum Gravity in 2+1 Dimensions |
0613 - 16:30 | R. 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.