Gravity at a Lifshitz Point

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.

Speakers:

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