Thomas Thiemann
Thomas Thiemann (* 1967 ) is a German theoretical physicist who deals with quantum gravity . He is a professor at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg .
Thiemann received his doctorate in 1994 from the RWTH Aachen under Hans A. Kastrup ( on the canonical quantization of gravitation in the context of the Ashtekar formalism ) and then spent two years as a post-doctoral student at the Pennsylvania State University (with Abhay Ashtekar ) and Harvard University . In 2000 he completed his habilitation at the University of Potsdam ( mathematical formulation of the quantum Einstein equations ). From 1997 he was group leader at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics in Golm near Potsdam and from 2003 Professor at the Perimeter Institute and Associate Professor at the University of Waterloo , before becoming Professor in Erlangen in 2009. There he heads the Institute for Quantum Gravity.
In 2005 he was visiting professor at Beijing Normal University in Beijing.
He is known for making important contributions to the theory of loop quantum gravity and its mathematical formulation.
Fonts
- Modern Canonical Quantum Gravity Theories, Cambridge University Press 2007
- Introduction to Modern Canonical Quantum General Relativity, 2001, Habilitation
- Lectures on Loop Quantum Gravity , Lecture Notes in Physics, Volume 631, 2003, pp. 41-135
- Loop Quantum Gravity. An Inside View , Lecture Notes in Physics, Volume 721, 2007, pp. 185-263
- Loop Quantum Gravity- In Search of the Holy Grail , Physics in Our Time, Volume 39, 2008, No. 3
Web links
- Homepage at FAU Erlangen.
- Thiemann: weaving pattern of space. Spinning networks. In: Einstein Online. 2005 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Appointments: Prof. Dr. Thomas Thiemann. (pdf) In: Unikurier Erlangen No. 111, p. 85 February 2011, archived from the original on November 8, 2011 .
- ^ Mathematics Genealogy Project
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| SURNAME | Thiemann, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1967 |