Emergent spacetimes
Silke Weinfurtner University of Nottingham
Quantum gravity is concerned with unifying Einstein's general theory of relativity with quantum theory into a single theoretical framework. At Perimeter Institute, researchers are actively pursuing a number of approaches to this problem including loop quantum gravity, spin foam models, asymptotic safety, emergent gravity, string theory, and causal set theory. We are also particularly interested in experimental implications of these different proposals. As the aim is a unification of the laws of physics into a single theory, the search for quantum gravity overlaps with other areas such as cosmology, particle physics and the foundations of quantum theory.
Silke Weinfurtner University of Nottingham
Oliver Rosten University of Sussex
Steve Carlip University of California, Davis
Glenn Barnich Université Libre de Bruxelles
Julian Barbour University of Oxford
Christoph Stephan Universität Potsdam
Federico Piazza Centre de Physique Théorique
Lee Smolin Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
Tomasz Konopka Queen Mary University of London