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PIRSA:06030008

Introduction to quantum gravity - Part 13

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Smolin, L. (2006). Introduction to quantum gravity - Part 13. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. https://pirsa.org/06030008

Lee Smolin Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

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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