Speaker: Abhay Ashtekar, Penn State University
Time/Place:Thursday 11/4, 11:30am, Serin
385 **(PLEASE NOTE ROOM CHANGE)**
Title: "Highlights of Loop Quantum Gravity"
Abstract: I will discuss a background independent
approach to quantum gravity, based on a specific theory of quantum
geometry. I will first describe its salient features and then, to
illustrate the ramifications of quantum geometry, use it to address
some fundamental issues concerning the big-bang and black holes. The
talk will be addressed to non-specialists.