Abstract
Title: "Loop Quantum Cosmology"
Abstract:
Loop quantum cosmology is based on quantum geometry/loop quantum gravity,
which is a candidate for a background independent quantum theory of
gravity. After a review of the general theory we will discuss cosmological
models and their applications. They include a removal of cosmological
singularities by quantum effects, a new type of boundary condition which
is derived from the evolution equation, and phenomenological implications
which lead to inflation. In the last application, new results indicate
that the scenario is at the verge of observability in the CMB angular
power spectrum.