PIRSA:10050002 Scientific Series Quantum Gravity

DOI10.48660/10050002

Series: Quantum Gravity

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}}
}

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.

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