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Profil
| Derzeitige Stellung | Professor W-3 und Äquivalente |
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| Fachgebiet | Theoretische Physik |
| Keywords | Black Holes, Geometric Analysis, Loop Quantum Gravity, Quantum Cosmology, Quantum Geometry |
| Auszeichnungen | 2021: "Oral History Project" of AIP archeived at their Niels Bohr Library 2019: Albert Einstein Prize of the American Physical Society 2016: Elected to the US Academy of Sciences 2010: Doctor Rerum Naturalium Honoris Causa, Universite de la Mediterranee, France 2007: President, International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation 2005: Doctor Rerum Naturalium Honoris Causa; Friedrich-Schiller Universitaet, Jena, Germany 2004: Senior Forschungspreis by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation 1998: Andrejewski Lectures on Mathematical Physics, Federal Republic of Germany : Most Relevant for this proposal are: |
Aktuelle Kontaktadresse
| Land | USA |
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| Ort | University Park |
| Universität/Institution | Pennsylvania State University |
| Institut/Abteilung | Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry |
Gastgeber*innen während der Förderung
| Prof. Dr. Jürgen Ehlers | Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik (Albert-Einstein-Institut), Golm |
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| Prof. Dr. Helmut Friedrich | Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik (Albert-Einstein-Institut), Golm |
| Prof. Dr. Jürgen Ehlers | Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik (Albert-Einstein-Institut), Golm |
| Prof. Dr. Helmut Friedrich | Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik (Albert-Einstein-Institut), Golm |
| Beginn der ersten Förderung | 01.06.2004 |
Programm(e)
| 2004 | Humboldt-Forschungspreis-Programm für Naturwissenschaftler*innen aus den USA |
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Projektbeschreibung der*des Nominierenden
| Professor Abhay Ashtekar did important work both in Einstein's classical theory of gravitation (general relativity) and in the ongoing effort to create a quantum theory of gravity. In the first area he contributed substantially to the analysis of the gravitational fields of isolated, gravitating systems at large distances from their sources. In 1986 Ashtekar discovered new variables to describe the gravitational field, which enabled him and his collaborators to carry out major steps on the way towards a quantum theory of gravity. This work led, in particular, to a new mathematical description of the structure of spacetime as polymer-like at the smallest scale, the Planck scale. The joint research planned for Prof. Ashtekar's visits to AEI concerns the dynamics of black holes as well as quantum gravity. |