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The construction of a quantum theory of gravity might require us to give up one or more of the fundamental principles of standard quantum field theory. A recent proposal dispensing with Lorentz invariance builds upon an analogy with condensed matter systems characterized by a Lifshitz point. This proposal also seems to produce a theory which is well behaved in the ultraviolet regime.
This workshop intends to bring together researchers working on this or related ideas. The focus will be on the viability of the proposal (compatibility with large scale phenomenology and renormalizabilty) and its relation to other research directions, like causal dynamical triangulations and aether theories.
Jan Ambjorn, Utrecht University
Petr Horava, University of California, Berkeley
Paul M. Saffin, University of Nottingham
Niayesh Afshordi, Perimeter Institute / University of Waterloo
Robert Brandenberger, McGill University
Shinji Mukohyama, IPMU, Tokyo
Sumit Das, University of Kentucky
Silke Weinfurtner, University of British Columbia
Gianluca Calcagni, Albert Einstein Institute
Alex Maloney, McGill University
Ted Jacobson, University of Maryland
Charles Melby-Thompson, University of California, Berkeley
Diego Blas, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
Marco Serone, SISSA
Herman Verlinde, Princeton
Other Participants Attending:
Alfio Bonanno, INAF, Catania
Martin Reuter, Mainz University
Vincent Rivasseau, Université Paris-Sud 11, d'Orsay
Frank Saueressig, CEA, Saclay
Lee Smolin, Perimeter Institute
Christoph Rahmede, University of Sussex
Elisa Manrique, Mainz University
Jack Ng, University of North Carolina
Laurent Freidel, Perimeter Institute
Pedro Machado, Utrecht University
Vincenzo Branchina, INFN, Catania
Niayesh Afshordi, Perimeter Institute
Cuscuton and Horava-Lifshitz gravity
Diego Blas, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
A "healthy" proposal for non-relativistic quantum gravity
Robert Brandenberger, McGill University
Background Cosmology and Cosmological Perturbations in Horava-Lifshitz Gravity
Gianluca Calcagni, Max Planck Institute
Horava-Lifshitz gravity: What's the matter?
Sumit Das, Univesity of Kentucky
Spin Systems and Emergent Gauge Fields at Lifshitz points
Petr Horava, UC Berkeley
Quantum Gravity with Anisotropic Scaling
Charles Melby-Thompson, University of California, Berkeley
Anisotropic Conformal Infinity
Shinji Mukohyama, IPMU, Tokyo
Cosmological implications of gravity at a Lifshitz point
Paul Saffin, Nottingham University
Horava gravity and strong coupling
Marco Serone, SISSA
Renormalization group in Lifshitz-type theories
Silke Weinfurtner, University of British Columbia
Quantum gravity without Lorentz invariance