Quantum Gravity Colloquium 5
from
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 (10:00 AM)
to
Friday, October 8, 2010 (7:00 PM)
Monday, October 4, 2010
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
10:15 AM
Introductory remarks
Introductory remarks
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM
10:30 AM
Constrained BF theory as gravity
Constrained BF theory as gravity
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM
The fate of diffeomorphism symmetries in discrete gravity
The fate of diffeomorphism symmetries in discrete gravity
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM
Morning coffee break
Morning coffee break
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
12:00 PM
Quantized cosmological constant in 1+1 dimensional quantum gravity
Quantized cosmological constant in 1+1 dimensional quantum gravity
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
12:30 PM
Fock space in group field theory
Fock space in group field theory
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
1:00 PM
Lunch break
Lunch break
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM
Tensorial spectrum with LQC corrections, a possible way to test the theory
Tensorial spectrum with LQC corrections, a possible way to test the theory
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
3:00 PM
Stable coherent states
Stable coherent states
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM
Afternoon coffee break
Afternoon coffee break
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
4:00 PM
Group field theory and EPR/FK models
Group field theory and EPR/FK models
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Thursday, October 7, 2010
10:30 AM
Emergence of non-commutativity in an operational description of spacetime
Emergence of non-commutativity in an operational description of spacetime
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM
Causal dynamical triangulations with a point-like source
Causal dynamical triangulations with a point-like source
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM
Morning coffee break
Morning coffee break
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
12:00 PM
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 PM - 12:30 PM
12:30 PM
An effective approach to the problem of time
An effective approach to the problem of time
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
1:00 PM
Lunch break
Lunch break
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM
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
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
3:00 PM
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?
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM
Afternoon coffee break
Afternoon coffee break
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
4:00 PM
Research directions between loops and strings
Research directions between loops and strings
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
4:30 PM
Unimodular loop quantum gravity
Unimodular loop quantum gravity
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Friday, October 8, 2010
10:30 AM
Spin foam models and group field theory
Spin foam models and group field theory
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
11:45 AM
Morning coffee break
Morning coffee break
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
12:00 PM
Spin foam models and group field theory
Spin foam models and group field theory
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
1:00 PM
Lunch break
Lunch break
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM
Afternoon coffee break
Afternoon coffee break
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
4:00 PM
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
5:30 PM
Break
Break
5:30 PM - 5:45 PM
5:45 PM
Collective discussion
Collective discussion
5:45 PM - 6:00 PM