With the award, the Physical Society of Berlin honors Dr. Bramberger's outstanding dissertation entitled “Cosmological Singularity Resolution – Classical and Quantum Approaches”.
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The article No rescue for the no boundary proposal: Pointers to the future of quantum cosmology by Job Feldbrugge, Jean-Luc Lehners, and Neil Turok has been highlighted as "Editor's Choice".
Phys. Rev. D 97, 023509 – Published 12 January 2018
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Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics in Potsdam and the Perimeter Institute in Canada disprove the theory of the “smooth beginning”
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February 15 - 18, 2017
This meeting at Ringberg Castle aims to explore frontier issues in cosmology, especially the connections with black hole and gravitational wave physics, as well as the theoretical challenges of combining gravity and quantum theory in order to gain an understanding of the big bang.
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The workshop will bring together theoretical physicists working on different approaches to quantum gravity (with an interest in early universe cosmology) and cosmologists studying fundamental aspects of cosmological models (and interested in quantum gravity effects in the early universe).
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A science and dance performance about the oldest light we know. With Dr. Jean-Luc Lehners (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics) and Dr. Linda Gieres (freelance choreographer and dancer).more
The workshop will bring together theoretical physicists working on different approaches to quantum gravity (with an interest in early universe cosmology) and cosmologists studying fundamental aspects of cosmological models (and interested in quantum gravity effects in the early universe).
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Public lecture “What was before the Big Bang” by Dr. Jean-Luc Lehners from the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute) at the Bruno H. Bürgel Observatory in Berlin
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Dr. Jean-Luc Lehners from the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute/AEI) is one of the top 20 international scientists who on Wednesday, 9 November at the Falling Walls Conference in the Berlin-based Radialsystem venue will present a talk about the boundaries of knowledge and how they can be overcome.
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