The
Gravitation and Mathematical Physics Division (DGFM) of the Mexican
Physical Society (SMF) is organizing
its Sixth School. Since 1994 we have
organized the "Mexican school on
gravitation
and mathematical physics" every two years. The
main goal of these schools is to discuss and exchange current ideas
in gravitational
physics in a pedagogical manner. Each school is devoted to a
particular subject, and this time we will focus on different
"Approaches
in Quantum Gravity". Traditionally, we have invited world leaders in
specific topics, among others we can mention A. Ashtekar,
B. Carter, G. Gibbons, M. Heusler, W. Israel, F. Mueller-Hoisen, R.
Myers, Y. Neeman, L. Randall, R. Sorkin, P. Van Nieuwenhuizen, R.
Wald, and in this occasion it will not be different.
The
main subject of the school will
be on topics related to current approaches to quantize gravity: loop
quantum gravity,
branes and non-commutative geometry. Even though these approaches
share the same goal, the basis in which they rely on and
the ways they tackle the quantization of gravity are conceptually and
technically very different. As a result there is a richness of
viewpoints on the subject. The aim of the Sixth
Mexican
School is therefore
to present these different
viewpoints on quantum gravity, including their most recent theoretical
results and the way in which these approaches attempt to get closer to
experimental predictions. In addition, during the school
we would like to discuss fundamental issues which are
still open, such as problems in classical and quantum physics related
to the quantization of gravity, and the unification of the fundamental
interactions of nature, among others.
The scientific program will include
several courses and plenary talks, and a number of short invited
talks. There will also be time for 36 parallel talks of 20
minutes each. There will be room available for posters throughout
the week. In addition, there will be a special talk on the
history of gravity research in Mexico. The detailed program can
be found here.