Seminar teorijske fizike: DeBenedictis

Sažetak:

The gravitational field as described by general relativity has thus far
eluded attempts at full quantisation, unlike the other major fields of
physics. One avenue for the potential quantisation of gravity is given
by loop quantum gravity. This talk will introduce the development and
implementation of the loop quantum gravity paradigm and some of its
predictions. What emerges is a theory of "quantum geometry" (a quantum
counter-part to the "classical geometry" of general relativity) which respects the symmetries of general relativity. This will be followed by a discussion of some of the theory's predictions and some of our work  regarding loop quantum black holes. Specifically, black hole entropy and the resolution of the classical singularities are discussed.