The primary objective of loops'26 summer school is to provide students in the area of Quantum Gravity with an up-to-date introduction to the fundamentals of canonical and covariant Loop Quantum Gravity (LQG), quantum black holes, and cosmology, with an emphasis on the numerous novel results achieved within the field over the past years. It will take place from May 10 - May 22, 2026, at Yangzhou, China, hosted by Yangzhou University.
The lectures include:
Fundamentals
Yongge Ma & Xiangdong Zhang：Advanced General Relativity, Holonomy
Jinsong Yang: Quantum Mechanism Angular Momentum & Graphic Calculus
Yu Tian: Canonical & Path Integral Quantization of Field Theory and Renormalization
Yi Ling: Quantum Entanglement/Information
Xiaoning Wu: Asymptotic Symmetry
Hongguang Liu: Numeric Workshop
Wojciech Kaminski: Functional Analysis & von Neumann/C* Algebra
Kristina Giesel: Canonical Quantization
Muxin Han: Spin Foam Quantization
Ivan Agullo: Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetimes
Special Topics
Parampreet Singh: Loop Quantum Cosmology
Baofei Li: Modified Loop Quantum Cosmology
Cong Zhang: Effective Theory of Loop Quantum Black Holes: Covariant & Different Gauge-fixing Approaches, Gravitaional Collapse and Black Hole Formation
The registration is open until March 31, 2026. The summer school is free of registration fee and will provide complimentary meals; however, trainees are expected to cover their own travel and accommodation expenses. The organizer will admit no more than 100 trainees. At the end of the school, trainees are expected to actively participate in the Loops'26 conference held in Hangzhou during May 24-29 hosted by Zhejiang University of Technology.
Local Organizing Committee: Xiaomei Kuang (chair), Yungui Gong (co-chair), Jianpin Wu (co-chair), Wencong Gan, Gaoping Long, Puxun Wu, Jinsong Yang, Xiangdong Zhang, Tao Zhu
Scientific Advisory Committee: Ronggen Cai (co-chair), Anzhong Wang (co-chair), Abhay Ashtekar, Alejandro Corichi, Bianca Dittrich, Beatriz Elizaga de Navascues, Jonathan Engle, Kristina Giesel, Viqar Husain, Jiliang Jing, Wojciech Kaminski, Yi Ling, Etera Livine, Yongge Ma, Guillermo Mena Marugan, Karim Noui, Daniele Oriti, Jorge Pullin, Suvrat Raju, Carlo Rovelli, Hanno Sahlmann, Madhaven Varadarajan, Francesca Vidotto, Bin Wang
