Reflections on quantum gravity in 2020
Ted Jacobson University of Maryland, College Park
Quantum gravity is concerned with unifying Einstein's general theory of relativity with quantum theory into a single theoretical framework. At Perimeter Institute, researchers are actively pursuing a number of approaches to this problem including loop quantum gravity, spin foam models, asymptotic safety, emergent gravity, string theory, and causal set theory. We are also particularly interested in experimental implications of these different proposals. As the aim is a unification of the laws of physics into a single theory, the search for quantum gravity overlaps with other areas such as cosmology, particle physics and the foundations of quantum theory.
Ted Jacobson University of Maryland, College Park
Sylvain Carrozza University of Burgundy
Manuel Reichert University of Southern Denmark
Henry Maxfield University of California, Santa Barbara
Monica Pate Harvard University
Netta Engelhardt Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Mairi Sakellariadou King's College London
Thomas Sotiriou University of Nottingham
Steve Giddings University of California, Santa Barbara
Clifford Cheung California Institute of Technology (Caltech) - Physics Office