Towards Loop Quantum Supergravity and its Applications

by Norbert Bodendorfer (Erlangen)

Monday 10 Oct 2011, 13:30 → 14:30 Europe/Stockholm

A5:1041

This talk will deal with a new connection formulation for higher-dimensional (Super)gravity theories and its applications. We will start by reviewing the basic ideas of loop quantum gravity. Next, the derivation of the new connection formulation will be discussed and it will be shown that the quantisation methods developed in the context of loop quantum gravity apply. We comment on applications of the framework, focusing on making contact with String theory.