
Spin Systems and Emergent Gauge Fields at Lifshitz points
Sumit Das University of Kentucky
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.
Sumit Das University of Kentucky
Shinji Mukohyama Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics
Gianluca Calcagni Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics - Albert Einstein Institute (AEI)
Robert Brandenberger McGill University - Department of Physics
Niayesh Afshordi University of Waterloo
Diego Blas Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Silke Weinfurtner University of Nottingham
Paul Saffin University of Nottingham
Omar Zanusso SISSA Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati