Speaker
Bianca Dittrich
(Perimeter I)
Description
Title: From spacetime quanta to area metric dynamics
Abstract: Spin foams constitute a path integral approach to quantum gravity, based on a rigorous notion of quantum geometry, resulting in the notion of space time quanta. I will present recent progress on understanding the continuum limit of spin foams. This includes the proposal of gravity described by an area metric action, arising as an effective continuum description for spin foam dynamics. This opens the door to the exploration of phenomenological effects of spin foams.
