Research Projects

• Quantum gravity and quantum cosmology
• Canonical quantisation
• Exact models and semiclassical methods
• Concept of time (See also www.time-direction.de.)
• Aspects of string theory
• Black holes
• Canonical quantisation
• Interpretation of entropy
• Primordial black holes
• Cosmology
• Inflationary universe
• Dynamics of primordial fluctuations and structure formation
• String cosmology
• Astrophysical aspects
• Foundations of quantum theory
  • Decoherence
  • Measurement process
• Higher-dimensional models
• Schrödinger representation in quantum field theory
• Gauge aspects of gravity
• Metric-affine gravity, world spinors
• Poincaré gauge theory, Einstein-Cartan theory
• Gravitational moments of the Dirac electron
• Exact solutions, cosmological models
• Two- and three-dimensional gravitational models
• Physical and geometrical interpretation of nonmetricity and torsion
• Classical electrodynamics
  • Axiomatic structure, coupling to gravity
  • Derivation of metric from electrodynamic structures
  • Violation of Lorentz invariance
• Scientific computing
• Computer algebra, Reduce with Excalc, Maple