Quantum Gravity Colloquium 5
from
Wednesday, 6 October 2010 (10:00)
to
Friday, 8 October 2010 (19:00)
Monday, 4 October 2010
Tuesday, 5 October 2010
Wednesday, 6 October 2010
10:15
Introductory remarks
Introductory remarks
10:15 - 10:30
10:30
Constrained BF theory as gravity
Constrained BF theory as gravity
10:30 - 11:00
11:00
The fate of diffeomorphism symmetries in discrete gravity
The fate of diffeomorphism symmetries in discrete gravity
11:00 - 11:30
11:30
Morning coffee break
Morning coffee break
11:30 - 12:00
12:00
Quantized cosmological constant in 1+1 dimensional quantum gravity
Quantized cosmological constant in 1+1 dimensional quantum gravity
12:00 - 12:30
12:30
Fock space in group field theory
Fock space in group field theory
12:30 - 13:00
13:00
Lunch break
Lunch break
13:00 - 14:30
14:30
Tensorial spectrum with LQC corrections, a possible way to test the theory
Tensorial spectrum with LQC corrections, a possible way to test the theory
14:30 - 15:00
15:00
Stable coherent states
Stable coherent states
15:00 - 15:30
15:30
Afternoon coffee break
Afternoon coffee break
15:30 - 16:00
16:00
Group field theory and EPR/FK models
Group field theory and EPR/FK models
16:00 - 17:30
Thursday, 7 October 2010
10:30
Emergence of non-commutativity in an operational description of spacetime
Emergence of non-commutativity in an operational description of spacetime
10:30 - 11:00
11:00
Causal dynamical triangulations with a point-like source
Causal dynamical triangulations with a point-like source
11:00 - 11:30
11:30
Morning coffee break
Morning coffee break
11:30 - 12:00
12:00
Physical boundary Hilbert space and volume operator in the EPRL spin-foam theory
Physical boundary Hilbert space and volume operator in the EPRL spin-foam theory
12:00 - 12:30
12:30
An effective approach to the problem of time
An effective approach to the problem of time
12:30 - 13:00
13:00
Lunch break
Lunch break
13:00 - 14:30
14:30
A basic introduction to the MacDowell-Mansouri gravity of the BF type versus LQG
A basic introduction to the MacDowell-Mansouri gravity of the BF type versus LQG
14:30 - 15:00
15:00
Could ultra-light quantum black holes compose dark matter or emergent speed of light?
Could ultra-light quantum black holes compose dark matter or emergent speed of light?
15:00 - 15:30
15:30
Afternoon coffee break
Afternoon coffee break
15:30 - 16:00
16:00
Research directions between loops and strings
Research directions between loops and strings
16:00 - 16:30
16:30
Unimodular loop quantum gravity
Unimodular loop quantum gravity
16:30 - 17:00
Friday, 8 October 2010
10:30
Spin foam models and group field theory
Spin foam models and group field theory
10:30 - 11:45
11:45
Morning coffee break
Morning coffee break
11:45 - 12:00
12:00
Spin foam models and group field theory
Spin foam models and group field theory
12:00 - 13:00
13:00
Lunch break
Lunch break
13:00 - 14:30
14:30
14:30 - 15:30
15:30
Afternoon coffee break
Afternoon coffee break
15:30 - 16:00
16:00
16:00 - 17:30
17:30
Break
Break
17:30 - 17:45
17:45
Collective discussion
Collective discussion
17:45 - 18:00