Loop Quantum Gravity and Black Hole Physics

Abstract

I summarize the basic ideas and formalism of loop quantum gravity. I illustrate the results on the discrete aspects of quantum geometry and two applications of these results to black hole physics. In particular, I discuss in detail a derivation of the Bekenstein-Hawking formula for the entropy of a black hole from first principles.

Lecture at the Journees Relativistes, Ascona 1996. LaTeX, 1 PostScript figure (a.eps), uses epsfig.sty

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