(in Polish) Lectures on Quantum Gravity 1100-LQG
1. Why quantum and gravity? Conceptional arguments justifying the necessity of combining quantum theory and general relativity. (1 lecture)
2. Approaches to quantum gravity
a. Canonical GR and Wheeler—De Witt equation. (1 lecture)
b. Holst Lagrangian and Loop Quantum Gravity. (1 lecture)
c. String theory: Lagrangian, conformal invariance, the spectrum, quantization, anomaly and critical dimension. Modular invariance and UV finitness of string theory. (2 lectures)
d. Conformally invariant 2-dimensional sigma model. Its beta function and quantum Einstein Equations. (1 lecture)
3. Black holes
a. Schwarzschild solution and its global structure (1 lecture)
b. Hawking radiation (1 lecture)
c. Black hole thermodynamics and entanglement entropy. (1 lecture)
d. Information paradox. (1 lecture)
4. Gravity, entropy and thermodynamics. Jacobson’s gravity from thermodynamics and Ryou-Takayanagi conjecture. (2 lectures)
5. Asymptotic symmetries, the magic triangle, and holography. (2 lectures)
6. Quantum Gravity Phenomenology. (1 lecture)
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