Renormalization in Background Independent Theories

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Renormalization in background independent theories presents challenges due to the absence of a background metric, which complicates the definition of scales for coupling constants. New methodologies are emerging to address these issues, as highlighted in the recent workshop hosted by Perimeter Institute. The workshop features a series of talks, including presentations by notable researchers such as Wieland, Bahr, Bonzom, Guifre Vidal, Dittrich, and Zapata. As of now, 16 talks are available online, with additional contributions from Etera Livine, Marc Geiller, and Sylvain Carrozza.

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  • Familiarity with background independent theories
  • Knowledge of renormalization techniques
  • Basic grasp of metric theories in physics
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  • Explore the latest methodologies in renormalization for background independent theories
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It's non-trivial since if you do not have a background metric you cannot define the scale, with respect to which couplings are supposed to run. So new approaches to renormalization have appeared. Perimeter has a workshop on this and a number of Monday 28 Sep talks are on line
http://pirsa.org/C15064

Talks by:
Wieland
Bahr
Bonzom
Guifre Vidal
Dittrich
Zapata

As of now also a couple of the 29 Sep talks are also online.
 
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There are now 16 talks online in this series. In addition to the speakers mentioned in the previous post there are talks by:
Etera Livine
Marc Geiller
Sylvain Carrozza
Jeff Hnybida
and several others whose work I'm familiar with.
 
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