PIRSA:06010008

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Introduction to quantum gravity

Smolin, L. (2006). Introduction to quantum gravity. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. https://pirsa.org/06010008

Smolin, Lee. Introduction to quantum gravity. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Jan. 18, 2006, https://pirsa.org/06010008 

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            author = {Smolin, Lee},
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            language = {en},
            title = {Introduction to quantum gravity},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics},
            year = {2006},
            month = {jan},
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Lee Smolin Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

Talk numberPIRSA:06010008
DOI10.48660/06010008
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Abstract

This is an introduction to background independent quantum theories of gravity, with a focus on loop quantum gravity and related approaches. Basic texts: -Quantum Gravity, by Carlo Rovelli, Cambridge University Press 2005 -Quantum gravityy with a positive cosmological constant, Lee Smolin, hep-th/0209079 -Invitation to loop quantum gravity, Lee Smolin, hep-th/0408048 -Gauge fields, knots and gravity, JC Baez, JP Muniain Prerequisites: -undergraduate quantum mechanics -basics of classical gauge field theories -basic general relativity -hamiltonian and lagrangian mechanics -basics of lie algebras