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SUMMARY:Half a Century of Supergravity -- the quest to bridge Einstein and
  the Quantum
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DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Anna Ceresole (INFN Turin)\n\n \nThe fiftieth anniv
 ersary of the original construction of supergravity — an extension of Ei
 nstein's gravity in which supersymmetry\, promoted to a local gauge symmet
 ry\, combines with general coordinate transformations — offers an occasi
 on to revisit the many profound ideas it has introduced across quantum fie
 ld theory\, string theory\, gravitational physics\, and beyond. Supergravi
 ty underpins the web of dualities unifying string theory and M-theory\, he
 lps explain the microscopic origin of black-hole entropy\, and was instrum
 ental in shaping the AdS/CFT correspondence as the new paradigm to relate 
 gravity and gauge theories. Whether supergravity will ever be proven true 
 by experiments or will remain an elegant mathematical framework\, it is wo
 rth reflecting on its legacy and its continuing influence on the quest for
  a quantum theory of gravity. We take this occasion to celebrate its found
 ers.\n \nBio:\nAnna Ceresole is a research director in Theoretical Physic
 s of the National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN)\, presently serving
  as an attachée at the Italian Permanent Delegation to UNESCO in Paris. A
 fter graduating from the University of Turin in 1984\, she earned her PhD 
 from Stony Brook University and held a postdoctoral fellowship at Caltech 
 till 1992\, before returning to Italy as a research professor at the Polyt
 echnic University of Turin and then move to the local INFN Division.\nHer 
 research explores quantum field theories and gravitational theories\, part
 icularly supergravity and superstrings\, with applications to black holes 
 and cosmology. Since the 1990s\, she has been active in various European r
 esearch networks\, including the COST action "The String Theory Universe\,
 " and has visited CERN regularly\, notably as a team member of the ERC "Su
 perfields." She led a national INFN research project on Gauge Theories\, S
 upergravity and String Theory and coordinated the INFN Theory group in Tur
 in until 2023. She collaborates with Bocconi University in Milan and is in
 volved in science outreach through various means\, including theatre.\n\n
  \n \nCoffee and tea will be served at 16h\nOrganised by : Alexander Zh
 iboedov\n \n \n\nhttps://indico.cern.ch/event/1728764/\n\nZoom: https://
 cern.zoom.us/j/65064431641?pwd=7zP10AhvKbqgGBf7V5uGGFdR2foanS.1
LOCATION:500/1-001 - Main Auditorium (CERN)
URL:https://indico.cern.ch/event/1728764/
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