Slides from March 2010 QG school

[marcus]

http://www.fuw.edu.pl/~jpa/qgqg3/schedule.html

The school was held in the Polish ski resort Zakopane, from 28 Feb thru 4 March. Many Loop researchers gave papers and half or more of the PDF files are already on line, available to download:

SUNDAY 28 February: Spin foam models

Roberto Pereira: The new SF models
http://www.fuw.edu.pl/~jpa/qgqg3/RobertoPereira.pdf
Wojciech Kamiński: The EPRL intertwiners and correct partition function
http://www.fuw.edu.pl/~jpa/qgqg3/WojciechKaminski.pdf
Benjamin Bahr: Graph knotting in the new SF models
http://www.fuw.edu.pl/~jpa/qgqg3/BenjaminBahrsunday.pdf
Florian Conrady: SF model for general Lorentzian geometries
http://www.fuw.edu.pl/~jpa/qgqg3/FlorianConradysunday.pdf
Aristide Baratin: Group field theory in non-commutative metric variables

MONDAY 1 March: LQG dynamics

Thomas Thiemann: LQG dynamics
http://www.fuw.edu.pl/~jpa/qgqg3/ThomasThiemann.pdf
Kristina Giesel: Gravity, fields, semiclassical limit
http://www.fuw.edu.pl/~jpa/qgqg3/KristinaGiesel.pdf
Marcin Domagała: Gravity coupled to scalar field
http://www.fuw.edu.pl/~jpa/qgqg3/MarcinDomagala.pdf
Jorge Pullin: Spherically symmetric LQG
http://www.fuw.edu.pl/~jpa/qgqg3/JorgePullin.pdf
Diana Kaminski: Holonomy grupoid formulation of LQG
http://www.fuw.edu.pl/~jpa/qgqg3/DianaKaminski.pdf
Johannes Tambornino: The flux representation for LQG

TUESDAY 2 March: LQG and more

Carlo Rovelli: SF give a new dynamics to Canonical LQG
http://www.fuw.edu.pl/~jpa/qgqg3/CarloRovelli.pdf
Bianca Dittrich: Diffeomorphism symmetry and triangulation independence in discrete gravity
http://www.fuw.edu.pl/~jpa/qgqg3/BiancaDittrich.pdf
James Ryan: Phase space of discrete BF theory and LQG
Jesper Grimstrup: Coupling fermions to LQG by using the non-commutative spectral action
http://www.fuw.edu.pl/~jpa/qgqg3/JesperGrimstrup.pdf
Yongge Ma: Emergence of scalar matter from spinfoam model

WEDNESDAY 3 March: Continuum/Semiclassical Limits

Lorenzo Sindoni: Continuum approximation of microscopic quantum dynamics: lessons from condmat systems
http://www.fuw.edu.pl/~jpa/qgqg3/LorenzoSindoni.pdf
Frank Hellmann: The asymptotics of spin foam models
Etera Livine: U(N) structure of LQG states and its implications for semiclassical limit
Florian Girelli: Semi-classical spaces and spinfoams: facts and questions
Benjamin Bahr: LQG coherent states
http://www.fuw.edu.pl/~jpa/qgqg3/BenjaminBahr.pdf
Claudio Perini: Coherent loops and holomorphic foams
http://www.fuw.edu.pl/~jpa/qgqg3/ClaudioPerini.pdf

THURSDAY 4 March: LQG/SF

Lionel Mason: Twistors, amplitudes, and gravity: from twistor strings to quantum gravity?
http://www.fuw.edu.pl/~jpa/qgqg3/LionelMason.pdf
Abhay Ashtekar: Closing/summary/future directions talk
Madhavan Varadarajan: The free polymer quantum scalar field and its classical limit
http://www.fuw.edu.pl/~jpa/qgqg3/MadhavanVaradarajan.pdf
Adam Henderson: What LQC tells us about the relation between LQG and SF
Martin Bojowald: Effective dynamics