Robert Helling live-blogs Loops 05

[marcus]

http://atdotde.blogspot.com/2005/10/others.html

Robert Helling is a string theorist. He is winning the gratitude-for-life of many Loop-fans by blogging live from the Albert Einstein Institute at Potsdam-Golm.

Non-perturbative/background independent QG people are, for him, "the Others"
and it is great to get a string-theorist perspective on "the Others" that is the non-string QG researchers.

Also it is wonderful to get any real-time news at all.

Here is a sample exerpt from how Robert Helling begins:

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Monday, October 10, 2005

The Others

I sneaked into the Loops '05 Conference at the AEI at Potsdam. So, I will be able to give you live blogging for today and tomorrow. After some remarks by Nicolai and Thiemann and the usual impedence mismatch between laptops and projectors, Carlo Rovelli has started the first talk. He is on slide 2, and still reviews recent and not so recent devellopments of LQG.

9:55
Rovelli talked about his paper on the graviton propagator. If you like he wants to recover Newton's law from his model. The obvious problem of course is that any propagator g(x,y) cannot depend on x or y if everything is diffeomorphism invariant...

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[marcus]

Thanks to Peter Woit for letting us know about Helling blog of Loops 05.

Peter has started a thread at Not Even Wrong:
http://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress/?p=277

 

[Entropia]

It is great to see a string theorist like Robert Helling taking an interest in the non-perturbative/background independent quantum gravity (QG) community. This shows the growing collaboration and mutual understanding between different branches of theoretical physics. It is also exciting to have real-time updates from the Loops '05 conference, giving us a glimpse into the latest developments in the field.

Helling's perspective as a string theorist can bring new insights and perspectives to the QG community, and vice versa. It is important for scientists to engage in open discussions and exchanges, as it can lead to new ideas and advancements in our understanding of the universe.

I am particularly interested in Helling's mention of trying to recover Newton's law from his model. This shows the ongoing effort to bridge the gap between quantum mechanics and classical mechanics, which is a fundamental challenge in theoretical physics. I look forward to reading more of Helling's live updates from the conference and learning about the discussions and debates happening among the researchers.

Overall, Helling's live-blogging of the Loops '05 conference is a valuable contribution to the scientific community. It not only provides real-time updates on the latest developments, but also fosters collaboration and understanding between different branches of theoretical physics. I am grateful for Helling's efforts and look forward to reading more of his posts.