Seminars & Colloquia Calendar
Quantizing General Relativity in the Hamiltonian picture
Maaneli Derakhshani, Rutgers University
Location: Hill 423
Date & time: Wednesday, 23 October 2019 at 11:00AM - 12:20PM
Abstract: I'll describe the standard Hamiltonian (or 3+1) formulation of general relativity theory, along with its Dirac quantization that results in the so-called "Wheeler-DeWitt equation", the central equation of canonical quantum gravity. I'll then discuss some problems with the Wheeler-DeWitt equation, such as the Problem of Time, the Hilbert Space Problem, and the Quantum Measurement Problem. Time permitting, I'll also discuss the "Least Invasive Quantization" of general relativity theory, which also results in the Wheeler-DeWitt equation, and the conceptual issues raised by this quantization procedure.
Chiara Damiolini, Ian Coley and Franco Rota -Charles Weibel Organizer's Page
Brooke Logan
Wujun Zhang Organizer's webpage
Ziming Shi, Sagun Chanillo, Xiaojun Huang, Chi Li, Jian Song Seminar website Old seminar website
Swastik Kopparty, Sepehr Assadi Seminar webpage
Jeffry Kahn, Bhargav Narayanan, Jinyoung Park Organizer's webpage
Brooke Ogrodnik, Website
Robert Dougherty-Bliss and Doron Zeilberger --> homepage
Paul Feehan, Daniel Ketover, Natasa Sesum Organizer's webpage
Lev Borisov, Emanuel Diaconescu, Angela Gibney, Nicolas Tarasca, and Chris Woodward Organizer's webpage
Jason Saied Seminar webpage
Brian Pinsky, Rashmika Goswami website
Quentin Dubroff Organizer's webpage
James Holland; Organizer website
Edna Jones Organizer's webpage
Brooke Ogrodnik website
Yanyan Li, Zheng-Chao Han, Jian Song, Natasa Sesum Organizer's Webpage
Organizer: Luochen Zhao
Yanyan Li, Zheng-Chao Han, Natasa Sesum, Jian Song Organizer's Page
Lisa Carbone, Yi-Zhi Huang, James Lepowsky, Siddhartha Sahi Organizer's webpage
Simon Thomas website
Kasper Larsen, Daniel Ocone and Kim Weston Organizer's page
Joel Lebowitz, Michael Kiessling
Yanyan Li, Haim Brezis Organizer's Webpage
Stephen D. Miller, John C. Miller, Alex V. Kontorovich, Alex Walker seminar website
Stephen D. Miller
Brooke Ogrodnik, Website
Organizers: Yanyan Li, Z.C. Han, Jian Song, Natasa Sesum
Yael Davidov Seminar webpage
Kristen Hendricks, Xiaochun Rong, Hongbin Sun, Chenxi Wu Organizer's page
Fioralba Cakoni Seminar webpage
Ebru Toprak, Organizer
- Show events from all categories
Special Note to All Travelers
Directions: map and driving directions. If you need information on public transportation, you may want to check the New Jersey Transit page.
Unfortunately, cancellations do occur from time to time. Feel free to call our department: 848-445-6969 before embarking on your journey. Thank you.
