APA

Smolin, L. (2006). Introduction to quantum gravity - Part 4. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/06010018

MLA

Smolin, Lee. Introduction to quantum gravity - Part 4. Perimeter Institute, Jan. 27, 2006, https://pirsa.org/06010018

BibTex

@misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:06010018,
  doi = {10.48660/06010018},
  url = {https://pirsa.org/06010018},
  author = {Smolin, Lee},
  keywords = {},
  language = {en},
  title = {Introduction to quantum gravity - Part 4},
  publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
  year = {2006},
  month = {jan},
  note = {PIRSA:06010018 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
}
            

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

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