Speaker
William Unruh
(University of British Columbia)
Description
Is there a quantum to classical transition in physics somewhere between the microscopic to macroscopic? What is microscopic and macroscopic? Assuming we model macroscopid as the mass of size of the system, and using techniques I suggested in the early 80's, it is now known that the Ligo mirrors (40Kg, .5 m in size) center of mass motion is quantum. This talks will take us through simple model system for Ligo to pinpoint how the recent work has shown this.
