Quantum Gravity  

red bullet Approaches and Techniques

> Main ideas.
> Approaches.
> Canonical quantum gravity.
> Canonical approaches.
> Quantum geometrodynamics.
> LQG, connection representation.
> LQG, loop representation.
> Spin networks.
> Spin-foam theory.
> Covariant approach.
> Path-integral approach.
> Quantum Regge calculus.
> Dynamical triangulations.
> Renormalization.
> Asymptotic safety.
> Time.

red bullet Theories

> 2-dimensional.
> 3-dimensional.
> Higher-order theories.
> Other modified approaches.
 

red bullet Quantum Spacetime

> Spacetime in general.
> Quantum spacetime.
> Proposals.
> Singularities.
> Quantum geometry.
> Non-commutative geometry.
> Non-commutative gravity.
> Discrete approaches.
> Spacetime foam.
> Causal sets.
> Causal set kinematics.
> Causal set dynamics.
> Wormholes.
> Topology change.
> Topology change – Models.

red bullet Stringy Stuff

> In general.
> Bosonic strings.
> Phenomenology.
> M-theory.


 

red bullet Models and Phenomenology

> Canonical QG models.
> Semiclassical theory.
> Phenomenology, in general.
  Geometry.
  Gravity and Cosmology.
  Matter.
  Photons.
  Other Particles.
> Lorentz-symmetry violations:
  Phenomenology, Theories, Tests.
> Modified uncertainty relations.

red bullet More...

blue bullet s.a. Gravitation.
blue bullet s.a. General Relativity.
blue bullet s.a. Cosmology
  [including quantum cosmology].
blue bullet s.a. Particles and Fields.
blue bullet s.a. Quantum Theory.


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