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WS 26/27
Quantum gravity and the Renormalization Group
I am teaching Quantum gravity and the Renormalization Group. More information will follow soon.
Recommended literature:- Lecture notes from previous years (see below)
- Asymptotically safe quantum gravity and its phenomenology -- a review by A. Eichhorn (arXiv:2606.21522)
- Lectures in Quantum Gravity by I. Basile, L. Buoninfante, F. Di Filippo, B. Knorr, A. Platania, A. Tokareva (SciPost Physics Lecture Notes 98 (2025), YT recordings)
- An Introduction to Covariant Quantum Gravity and Asymptotic Safety by R. Percacci (World Scientific, 2017)
- Quantum Gravity and the Functional Renormalization Group : The Road towards Asymptotic Safety by M. Reuter, F. Saueressig (Cambridge, 2019)
- Handbook of Quantum Gravity (Springer Nature, editors: C. Bambi, L. Modesto, I. Shapiro, available from within the university intranet, advanced and extremely broad material)
WS 25/26
Quantum gravity and the Renormalization Group
I am teaching Quantum gravity and the Renormalization Group. Tutorials are held by Dr. Fabian Wagner on Mondays from 14:15 to 15:45, Phil 12, nHS.Lecture notes: all sheets Mathematica Notebook Intro to xAct Mathematica Notebook One-loop divergences Mathematica Notebook Extra spin two
WS 24/25
Quantum gravity and the Renormalization Group
I am the tutor for Quantum gravity and the Renormalization Group, taught by Prof. Astrid Eichhorn. Tutorials are on Fridays from 14:15 to 15:45, Phil 12, kHS (group 1) and on Mondays from 14:15 to 15:45, Phil 12, nHS (group 2).
The current version of the lecture notes (last update: Feb 04) can be found here.
Exercise sheets and notebooks: all sheets Mathematica Notebook Intro to xAct Mathematica Notebook One-loop divergences (updated 21/11) Mathematica Notebook Conformal transformations Mathematica Notebook Extra spin two