Looking for LQG Lecture Notes? Check out Hanno Sahlmann's Crash Course!

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Discussion Overview

The discussion centers around the availability of lecture notes for an undergraduate course on Loop Quantum Gravity (LQG) taught by Jorge Pullin. Participants express interest in obtaining accessible educational materials that do not delve too deeply into philosophical aspects.

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Main Points Raised

  • Jorge Pulling is teaching an undergraduate course on LQG, but his lecture notes are not yet available, prompting participants to consider contacting him.
  • Some participants express a desire for undergraduate-level notes that are mathematically reasonable and avoid excessive philosophical content.
  • One participant has reached out to Pulling, who indicated he would share the notes once they are in better shape.
  • There is a suggestion that more institutions should offer courses on LQG, particularly where researchers are present.
  • A participant mentions Hanno Sahlmann's "crash course" on LQG as a potentially useful resource, noting its clarity and visual aids, despite starting at a higher classical level.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally agree on the need for accessible undergraduate-level materials on LQG, but there is no consensus on the availability of such resources at this time.

Contextual Notes

Participants express varying levels of familiarity with classical relativity, which may influence their understanding of the materials discussed.

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Jorge Pulling is teaching a course for UG in intro to LQG, I thought some of you might be interseted, here:
http://www.phys.lsu.edu/classes/spring2010/phys4750/

Unfortunately he hasn't yet uploaded his Lecture Notes,I hope he will eventually upload them.
I could email him ofcourse... (-:
 
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Undergraduate level notes would be excellent. I find that I don't have the time to really get into LQG at a serious level because of the very technical presentations to date. Haha, I would love something at a reasonable level mathematically without gobs of philosophy.
 
Ok, Iv'e sent him an email, and he said that he will send me his LN when they will be in a better shape than now.

PM, you can email him as well.

I think it's superb there is such a course, but I think there should be more places offering such courses, ofcourse in places where there are LQG researchers.

At least for BSC upto MSC level.
 
Definitely ask him for notes. I'm about to enter my grad studies, and I'd like to some day do some work in the area, so this would be invaluable to me.
 
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Undergraduate level notes would be excellent...

I agree. I hope that as soon as anyone finds out that Jorge Pullin's notes are available, they will share the information.

In the meantime, some familiar with classical relativity---the Palatini and Holst formulations of GR, for instance---could look at Hanno Sahlmann's 20 page "crash course" coverage of LQG:

http://arxiv.org/pdf/1001.4188

He starts at a fairly high classical level, but he's clear, straightforward. Uses pictures. A young guy who just made faculty at Karlsruhe, I believe.
 
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