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SYQG: Symposium Quantengravitation

SYQG 1: Symposium Quantengravitation

SYQG 1.3: Plenary Talk

Wednesday, March 30, 2011, 15:30–16:15, 30.95: 001

Loop Quantum Gravity (LQG) — •Thomas Thiemann — FAU Erlangen Nürnberg, Germany — Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Canada

Loop Quantum Gravity (LQG) is a candidate theory that intends to combine the principles of General Relativity and Quantum Field Theory. The major challenge is to circumvent the notion of a background metric which on the one hand underlies the axiomatic formulation of QFT but on the other hand is not allowed in GR. In this talk we motivate and outline elements of LQG and discuss applications and open research problems.