Name: Quantum Gravity Colloquium 5
Start: 2010-10-06T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2010-10-08T19:00:00+02:00
Location: Laboratoire APC, University Paris 7

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

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