Zakopane lectures on loop gravity

Carlo Rovelli (1, 2)

1 CPT - Centre de Physique Théorique - UMR 6207
2 CPT - Centre de Physique Théorique - UMR 7332

This is a first version of the introductory lectures on loop quantum gravity that I will give at the quantum gravity school in Zakopane. The theory is presented in self-contained form, without emphasis on its derivation from classical general relativity. Dynamics is given in the covariant form. Some applications are described, including the recent derivation of de Sitter cosmology from full quantum gravity.

Domaines: Relativité Générale et Cosmologie Quantique [gr-qc]

Carlo Rovelli. Zakopane lectures on loop gravity. 3rd Quantum Geometry and Quantum Gravity School, Feb 2011, Zakopane, Poland. pp.003. ⟨hal-00593877⟩