
High Energy Theory Seminar
Loop Quantum Gravity: Recent Results and Open Problems
The loop approach to quantum gravity has developed considerably during the
last few years, especially in its covariant ('spinfoam') version. I
present the
current definition of the theory and the results that have been
proven. I discuss
what I think is still missing towards of the goal of defining a
consistent tentative
quantum field theory genuinely background independent and having general
relativity as classical limit.
Date & Time
April 23, 2012 | 2:30pm – 4:00pm
Location
Bloomberg Lecture HallSpeakers
Carlo Rovelli
Affiliation
Centre de Physique Théorique de Luminy, Aix-Marseille University, France