Global geometrical aspects of gravitation.

Lyon, June 21th - 24th, 2005

Workshop organized/supported by ACI "Structures Géométriques et Trous Noirs"

Organizing committee:

T. Barbot, F. Béguin, L. Freidel, A. Zeghib

This workshop will be held at Lyon from June 21th. to 24th. 2005, in the department of mathematics (UMPA) of the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon.

In this workshop will be presented and discussed some topics emerging in (pre)-quantum gravity during the last decade with a very geometrical content. Experts of the topics will be invited, and we expect a large participation of the actual mathematical community working on "classical" lorentzian geometry in constant curvature.

Key topics:.

Hyperbolic and anti-de Sitter Geometry

Conformally flat lorentzian Geometry

3D Gravity

Systems with particles

(Quantum) Teichmuller Theory

Abstracts and contributions should be sent at

submission mail

or by fax or current mail (contact address).

Contact address:

Global geometrical aspects of gravitation

UMPA École Normale Supérieure de Lyon

46, allée d'Italie

Lyon, France

Fax: (33) 4 72 72 84 80

Phone:(33) 4 72 72 85 45

E-mail: Thierry.Barbot@umpa.ens-lyon.fr

Image: Jean-Francois Colonna (CMAP Ecole Polytechnique, http://www.lactamme.polytechnique.fr)