PIRSA:10050002

Deformations of General Relativity

Krasnov, K. (2010). Deformations of General Relativity. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/10050002

Krasnov, Kirill. Deformations of General Relativity. Perimeter Institute, May. 05, 2010, https://pirsa.org/10050002 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:10050002,
            doi = {10.48660/10050002},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/10050002},
            author = {Krasnov, Kirill},
            keywords = {Quantum Gravity},
            language = {en},
            title = {Deformations of General Relativity},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2010},
            month = {may},
            note = {PIRSA:10050002 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Kirill Krasnov University of Nottingham

Talk numberPIRSA:10050002
DOI10.48660/10050002
Collection
Talk Type Scientific Series
Subject

Abstract

I will describe a very special (infinite-parameter) family of gravity theories that all describe, exactly like General Relativity, just two propagating degrees of freedom. The theories are obtained by generalizing Plebanski's self-dual (chiral) formulation of GR. I will argue that this class of gravity theories provides a potentially powerful new framework for testing the asymptotic safety conjecture in quantum gravity.