Subject:
Physics (PHYS)
Catalog number:
650
Unit weight:
0.25
Meet type:
LEC,TUT
Grading basis:
CNC
Cross-listing(s):
N/A
Requisites:
Department Consent Required
Description:
This course will introduce the students to the basic techniques and results of the field of loop quantum gravity. Possible topics include: 1) The Ashtekar variables and the Hamiltonian formalism; 2) The Plebanski action for general relativity; 3) The Hilbert space of loop quantum gravity and basic operators such as the area and volume operators; 4) Spin foam models; 5) Group field theory; 6) Quantum black hole horizons.
Topic titles:
N/A
Faculty:
Science (SCI)
Academic level:
GRD
Course ID:
014776
