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SYEU: Symposium Knowledge of the Early Universe

SYEU 1: Knowledge of the Early Universe

SYEU 1.2: Plenary Talk

Monday, March 5, 2007, 15:15–16:15, KIP Gr. HS

Loop Quantum Gravity — •Thomas Thiemann — Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), Am Mühlenberg 1, D-14476 Potsdam

In order to resolve challenging puzzles in fundamental physics such as in modern cosmology, a quantum theory of gravity is required. One candidate for such a theory is Loop Quantum Gravity to which we give an introduction. We then investigate what LQG has to say about the quantum physics of the early universe.