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| Quantum Gravity is the problem of combining Einstein's general relativity with quantum mechanics. This is one of the major open problems in fundamental physics. The main activity of the Quantum Gravity group of the CPT is the development of the loop approach to quantum gravity, both in its canonical form and in the spinfoam formalism. A review article on loop quantum gravity has appeared on the electronic journal Living Reviews in Relativity. You can find the article on here. A review of the spinfoam formalism is here. Other activities of the group include quantum cosmology and foundations of quantum mechanics. |
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Alejandro Perez and Carlo Rovelli (Simone Speziale is taking the picture) |
Address : Centre de Physique Theorique de Luminy
Case 907, Luminy, F-13288 Marseille, EUContact: rovelli@cpt.univ-mrs.fr, perez@cpt.univ-mrs.fr
How to join the group:
1. Students. We take one or two students per year. Information on PhD applications.
2. Postdocs. A postdoc position is currently open, starting from September 2019. All informations can be found at: Inspire
3. Permanent positions. In France there are two doors of access to permament positions: either locally when a Maitre de Conference is advertised, or at the national level, via CNRS concourses. Information on the Section 02 of the CNRS.
Books
Carlo Rovelli and Francesca Vidotto: "Introduction to Covariant Quantum Gravity", is being published by Cambridge University Press. Here is the CUP catalog webpage of the book.
Here is a draft of the book, in pdf format . This version available online is not the final version published, under agreement with CUP.
The popularization book "Cos'è lo spazio? Cos'è il tempo?", (Di Renzo editore) ( available online ) by Rovelli has been translated in French and is published by Dunod under the title "Et si le temps n'existait pas?",. It can be ordered online, for instance, at the FNAC site.
An Eglish version has been published by Di Renzo ( available online ).
The daily activities of the group can be followed on this Goggle Calendar page.
List of publications of the group
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