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TH String Theory Seminar

Quantum Dynamics of Supergravity

Name: Quantum Dynamics of Supergravity
Start: 2014-10-14T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2014-10-14T15:00:00+02:00
Location: CERN

by David Tong (DAMTP Cambridge)

Tuesday 14 Oct 2014, 14:00 → 15:00 Europe/Zurich

4/3-004 - TH Discussion Room (CERN)

4/3-004 - TH Discussion Room

CERN

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I'll show that circle compactifactions of N=1 supergravity are not stable. Gravitational instantons make the circle expand and the ground state is Minkowski space. The calculation also reveals a new RG-invariant scale in gravity associated to instantons.