#LoopyTuesday with Wolfgang presenting at @ILQGS about the origin of the Wieland effect from non-perturbative quantum gravity. It's amazing how aspects of the quantum theory may explain macroscopic aspect of the classical theory, it could very well be the case in quantum gravity too!

#LoopyTuesday of the end of the year! Kudos to my collaborator Thiago Guedes for pioneering the numerical exploration of the full Hamiltonian dynamics in Loop Quantum Gravity.

For the results in short: arxiv.org/abs/2412.20257
For the full details: arxiv.org/abs/2412.20272

This #LoopyTuesday we discuss about wicked causal structures that can appear in quantum mechanics as the @Perimeter conference Causalworld (events.perimeterinstitute.ca/event/69) is taking place. Our group is attending online, but coffee breaks and lunches are done the @WesternU way ;-)

#LoopyTuesday highlighting the 2nd FAU^2 workshop on quantum black holes and the relation with asymptotic infinity, that took place in Erlangen last week. There were a lot of interesting talks, slides and recordings should be available soon on the website indico.ecap.work/event/85/contributions

This #LoopyTuesday I am so glad to receive the visit of Muxin Han (@FloridaAtlantic) at @WesternU. We are treating our visitor with conversations on the #philosophy of quantum gravity with our @PhilWestern students! (Photo credit: @YichenLuo2)

This #LoopyTuesday we are at @WesternU for the 2024 @CAPhys Congress. The theory talk and poster sessions have a nice presence of loopy quantum gravity contributions!

#LoopyTuesday highlights from a visit at @iqoqivienna, discussing new interesting projects at the intersection of quantum gravity and quantum information with some amazing collaborators. Looking forward to being back in one year for the #QISS consortium big conference.

#LoopyTuesday at #LOOPS24
Our international biennial conference is hosted this time at @FloridaAtlantic, many thanks to Jon Engle and Muxin Han for organizing such a big exciting conference, including parallel sessions and social events!

A very loopy #LoopyTuesday at the LQG Summer School 2024 (indico.cern.ch/event/1231365) where I have delivered my introductory lectures on spinfoam ✌️and now I can enjoy the rest of the lectures and the chats with all the bright students attending 😎 #LOOPS24

Last #LoopyTuesday before #LOOPS24 we are getting ready in our group at @WesternU with a mini mock conference so that everyone can practice their talk. We also have sumptuous mock coffee breaks, of course!

#LoopyTuesday celebrating Italians being loopy with this slide-with-slices from today’s @ilqgs by Toto Ribisi. Check out his paper on lightcone thermodynamics: https: arxiv.org/abs/2307.12031 this is quite an hot* topic in classical and quantum gravity!
* pun intended

This was a very #loopy #LoopyTuesday, with discussions about the #LQG community, a presentation in our group about machine learning in spinfoam… and this new paper on spinfoam cosmology appearing: arxiv.org/abs/2402.07984 Kudos to the great Dongxue Qu who did all the hard work 💪

#LoopyTuesday Eugenia Colafranceschi gave an #ILQGS on entropy using path-integral techniques. The recording of the seminar is here: relativity.phys.lsu.edu/ilqgs/colafranceschi020624.mp4 I don’t have pics of the seminar even if it was in out meeting room but I have a pic of the preceding breakfast!

This #LoopyTuesday we had the first research discussion of 2024 with Eugenia Colafranceschi. She has a joint #QISS postdoc in @KITP_UCSB and at @westernuPhysAst with us: today she started telling our group about her recent work on gravitational entropy! arxiv.org/search/?sear...

For the last #LoopyTuesday of the year, let me recommend an easy relaxing reading: arxiv.org/abs/2312.13374 in which you can read how quantum gravity help to districate the viability of different takes on quantum mechanics and on time, highlighting how these are connected.

This was a very special #LoopyTuesday with the first doctor in our quantum gravity group: congratulations Pietropaolo! Great job! Check out for Pietro’s work if you want to know about numerical computations in covariant LQG!