Loops and Foams

Monday, March 3 - Sunday, March 9, 2008
Zakopane, Poland





 
The workshop is organised within the framework of the ESF research network Quantum Geometry and Quantum Gravity, coordinated by John Barrett and Hermann Nicolai - see http://www.maths.nottingham.ac.uk/qg for further information about the network.

 Programme

  • LQG dynamics: Master constraint programme, status of Hamiltonian constraint, volume operator, relational observables, Loop Quantum Cosmology
  • Spin foam models: The new models, effective non-commutative field theory, graviton propagator, Group Field Theory, continuum/semiclassical limit
  • Relation between LQG and Spin-foam models: Kinematics, dynamics, covariant LQG, Group Field Theory, 2+1 gravity

The tentative programme od the workshop (last update: 4.03.2008).

 Slides

 Transport

  • There are buses from Kraków Główny train station to Zakopane every 30-40 min, the trip lasts 2 hours modulo trafic, the cost is about 15zł/4eu (see www.trans-frej.com.pl and www.szwagropol.pl)
  • There are trains from Kraków Główny train station to Zakopane few times a day, the trip takes 3-4 hours, the cheapest version costs about 18,5zł/4,5eu (see details - from Kraków Główny to Zakopane).
  • There is a train from Kraków Airport do Kraków Główny train station every 30 min, the trip takes 15 min and costs 4zł/1eu (see details - from Kraków Balice to Kraków Główny).
  • There is a bus (175) from Warsaw Airport to Warsaw Central Station every 30 min, the trip takes 30 min, the cost is about 4zł/1eu (see details).
  • There is a train from Warsaw Central Station to Kraków Główny Station every 1-2 hours, the trip takes 3 hours - epsilon and costs about 91zł/23eu or 5 hours + epsilon and costs about 44zł/11eu (check details - from Warszawa Centralna to Kraków Główny).
  • There is a direct train Warsaw-Zakopane (from Warsaw Central Station) a few times a day, the trip takes 6 hours - epsilon and costs about 94zł/24eu or 10 hours and costs about 55zł/14eu or ... (check details - from Warszawa Centralna to Zakopane).

 Organisation

Organizing Committee        Local Organizing Committee


Hanno SahlmannMarcin Domagała
Fernando BarberoRyszard Kostecki
John BarrettJerzy Lewandowski
Kristina GieselJacek Puchta
Jerzy Lewandowski 
Daniele Oriti 

 Lecture place & accomodation

The lectures will take place at Hyrny guesthouse in Zakopane.

Dom Wczasowy Hyrny
ul. Piłsudskiego 20
Zakopane
tel/fax: +48 18 2015778

To guarantee your Hotel reservation at the conference venue, Hyrny Guesthouse, we ask you to pay a deposit. You can either make a direct payment of 55 EURO to the bank account given in the email, or you can pay by credit card via Paypal, as follows:  When clicking on the big yellow button below you will be taken to a secure site where you can completete payment using a credit card. On that site you will have to use the link under the heading. If you don't have a PayPal account, use your credit card or bank account (where available).

Unfortunately there are some fees for the credit card transaction and the currency conversion so that we have to ask for a payment of  60 EUR. Here is the yellow button:

Participants can make reservations by their own or contact with Asia Mazurkiewicz (after Feb 6) or Andrzej Okołów (before Feb 6). Please remember to also send an email stating your name and your arrival and departure date.

If you would like to find accommodation on your own instead, here are some links:

  1. Guesthouse Ami
    ami.zakopane.net.pl

    3 minutes of walk from the conference guesthouse (Hyrny)

    single rooms, double rooms,
    price per person: 40 zł - 65 zł (1 EUR =~ 3.6 zł)
    address: ul. Makuszyńskiego 21, 34-500 Zakopane
    tel: +48 18 2016029
    e-mail: ami@zakopane.net.pl
     
  2. Guesthouse Pod Szczytami
    www.podszczytami.pl

    7 min walk from the conference guesthouse (Hyrny) and free wireless (at least it was there last time)

    single rooms, double rooms,
    65 zł per person or more
    tel: +48 18 2066838
    e-mail: biuro@podszczytami.pl
     
  3. Guesthouse Rzemieslnik
    www.rzemieslnik.zakopane.pl

    40 seconds of walk from the conference guesthouse (Hyrny) and free wireless (at least it was there last time)

    single rooms, double rooms,
    80 zł per person or more
    address: ul. Makuszyńskiego 12, 34-500 Zakopane
    tel: +48 18 2066416 or +48 18 2012502
    fax: +48 18 2013580
    e-mail: manager@rzemieslnik.zakopane.pl
     
  4. Hotel Patria
    www.hotelpatria.pl

    10 minutes of walk from the conference guesthouse (Hyrny).

    address: ul. Żeromskiego 12, 34-500 Zakopane
    tel: +48 18 2063722
    e-mail: recepcja@hotelpatria.pl
     

 Localisation

Zakopane is a tourist and ski resourt in the Tatra Mountains in Poland. During the workshop it will be also possible to ski, snowboard (down hill, 2000m - 1000 m) or walk in the national park. For more information about Zakopane see Wikipedia, www.ezakopane.pl, Zakopane-life.pl and Zakopane.pl.

 Participants

E Alesci Centre de Physique Théorique Marseille
S Alexandrov Université Montpellier
A Ashtekar Pennsylvania State University
B Bahr Max Planck Institut für Gravitationsphysik
A Baratin Max Planck Institut für Gravitationsphysik
F Barbero Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC
E Bianchi Scuola Normale Superiore Pisa
M Bojowald Pennsylvania State University
J Brunnemann Universität Hamburg
A Corichi Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
J Diaz-Polo Universidad de Valencia
B Dittrich Perimeter Institute
M Domagała Uniwersytet Warszawski
R Dowdall University of Nottingham
M Dupuis Ecole Normale Superieure, Lyon
J Engle Centre de Physique Théorique Marseille
W Fairbairn University of Nottingham
E Fernandez-Borja Universidad de Valencia
C Fleischhack Universität Hamburg
L Freidel Perimeter Institute
K Giesel Max Planck Institut für Gravitationsphysik
D Kaminski Universität Hamburg
W Kamiński Uniwersytet Warszawski
T Konopka Universiteit Utrecht
R Kostecki Uniwersytet Warszawski
J Kowalski-Glikman Uniwersytet Wrocławski
K Krasnov University of Nottingham
J Lewandowski Uniwersytet Warszawski
E Livine Ecole Normale Superieure, Lyon
G Mena Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC
C Meusburger Perimeter Institute
I Naish-Guzman University of Nottingham
K Noui Université Francois Rabelais, Tours
A Okołów Uniwersytet Warszawski
D Oriti Universiteit Utrecht
T Pawłowski Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC
R Pereira Centre de Physique Théorique Marseille
J Puchta Uniwersytet Warszawski
J Pullin Louisiana State University
C Rovelli Centre de Physique Théorique Marseille
J Ryan Perimeter Institute
H Sahlmann Universiteit Utrecht
P Singh Perimeter Institute
S Speziale Perimeter Institute
  Student of Kowalski-Glikman Uniwersytet Wrocławski
L Szulc Uniwersytet Warszawski
T Thiemann Max Planck Institut für Gravitationsphysik
T Tlas Cambridge University
F Vidotto Centre de Physique Théorique Marseille


last update: 14.03.2008   |   admin: Ryszard P. Kostecki