PIRSA:13070067

Spinfoam Formulation of Loop Quantum Gravity

Han, M. (2013). Spinfoam Formulation of Loop Quantum Gravity. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/13070067

Han, Muxin. Spinfoam Formulation of Loop Quantum Gravity. Perimeter Institute, Jul. 24, 2013, https://pirsa.org/13070067 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:13070067,
            doi = {10.48660/13070067},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/13070067},
            author = {Han, Muxin},
            keywords = {},
            language = {en},
            title = {Spinfoam Formulation of Loop Quantum Gravity},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2013},
            month = {jul},
            note = {PIRSA:13070067 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Muxin Han

Florida Atlantic University

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Abstract
Recently there are a lot of progresses in developing the spinfoam formulation of loop quantum gravity. In this talk I give an overview of the subject. I introduce the formalism and the motivation of the theory, and I discuss the application of spinfoam formulation in black hole and cosmology. I also discuss the inclusion of the quantum matter fields and cosmological constant in the formalism. The inclusion of cosmological constant motivates a Chern-Simons formulation of LQG. Finally I discuss the semiclassical low-energy approximation of the spinfoam formulation, where Einstein gravity appears as the leading contribution.