Speaker
Shinji Mukohyama
Description
Hořava-Lifshitz gravity is a candidate theory of quantum gravity characterized by anisotropic scaling between space and time and improved ultraviolet behavior. In this talk, I will first review the basic ideas of the theory, its current status, and its implications for cosmology. I will then discuss recent developments in quantum cosmology based on Hořava-Lifshitz gravity, highlighting novel features of the quantum universe that arise from the modified structure of gravity at high energies.