This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (CFDA 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences) supports the development of a candidate quantum gravity theory known as Loop Quantum Gravity (LQG). The $110,000 award to Florida Atlantic University, made on July 15, 2025, will focus on four main objectives: (1) advancing numerical methods for LQG spinfoam models with and without cosmological constant, (2) developing an effective theory from spinfoam LQG to address semiclassical consistency, corrections to Einstein's General Relativity, and entanglement entropy, (3) investigating the physical implications of spinfoam LQG in scenarios such as bouncing cosmology, black-hole-to-white-hole transitions, and matter couplings, and (4) advancing the combinatorial quantization of the SL(2,C) Chern-Simons theory with a complex level, which underlies the spinfoam model with cosmological constant. The project aims to advance the theory of quantum gravity and its applications in fundamental physics as well as relevant educational activities.
Mod # | Description | Reason For Modification | Federal Obligation (Click to sort descending) | Date (Click to sort ascending) |
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| Not listed | $110.0k | 7/14/25 |