Olaf Dreyer | |
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Born | 1969
Hamburg, Germany |
Alma mater | Pennsylvania State University (PhD 2001) |
Known for | "internal relativity" |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Theoretical physics, quantum gravity |
Olaf Dreyer (born 1969, Hamburg) is a German theoretical physicist whose research interests include quantum gravity and the quantum measurement problem. Dreyer received his Ph.D. in quantum gravity in 2001 from the Pennsylvania State University [1] under the direction of Abhay Ashtekar. [2] Subsequently, he has held a postdoctoral fellowship at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Ontario, a Marie Curie Fellowship at Imperial College, London, and a postdoctoral fellowship at the Center for Theoretical Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
In 2002 Dreyer proposed [3] a connection between the Barbero-Immirzi parameter in loop quantum gravity and the asymptotic behaviour of black hole quasinormal modes (in numerical general relativity), building on previous insights due to Shahar Hod. [4] Subsequently, Lubos Motl proved that the exact asymptotic behaviour of the quasinormal modes of the Schwarzschild black hole was as predicted numerically. [5]
Dreyer has developed an approach to quantum gravity known as "internal relativity". [6]
Olaf Dreyer | |
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Born | 1969
Hamburg, Germany |
Alma mater | Pennsylvania State University (PhD 2001) |
Known for | "internal relativity" |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Theoretical physics, quantum gravity |
Olaf Dreyer (born 1969, Hamburg) is a German theoretical physicist whose research interests include quantum gravity and the quantum measurement problem. Dreyer received his Ph.D. in quantum gravity in 2001 from the Pennsylvania State University [1] under the direction of Abhay Ashtekar. [2] Subsequently, he has held a postdoctoral fellowship at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Ontario, a Marie Curie Fellowship at Imperial College, London, and a postdoctoral fellowship at the Center for Theoretical Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
In 2002 Dreyer proposed [3] a connection between the Barbero-Immirzi parameter in loop quantum gravity and the asymptotic behaviour of black hole quasinormal modes (in numerical general relativity), building on previous insights due to Shahar Hod. [4] Subsequently, Lubos Motl proved that the exact asymptotic behaviour of the quasinormal modes of the Schwarzschild black hole was as predicted numerically. [5]
Dreyer has developed an approach to quantum gravity known as "internal relativity". [6]