Dear Colleagues,
To promote scientific discussions during this pandemic, we are organizing an online seminar series, i.e. Copernicus Webinar Series, seeking the most outstanding speakers to introduce innovative ideas and important progress in the field of gravity and cosmology. This series is named after the famous Polish Astronomer, Nicolaus Copernicus, whose discovery eventually marked the dawn of modern science.
We would like to invite you to take part in the upcoming 115th Copernicus Webinars.
Time: 6th December, Tuesday, at 3pm CET (10 pm Beijing, 11 pm JST, 9 am ET)
Speaker: Guilherme Franzmann (Nordita)
Title:
Is our Universe geometrical after all?
Abstract:
After decades, we still lack a proper understanding of the quantum nature of gravity. Nonetheless, we have already seen many theoretical hints that gravity does not easily fit in the quantum mechanical framework. In this talk, I will discuss the issues associated with gravitating vacuum energy and take that as empirical evidence of the breakdown of QFT in the presence of gravity. Then, I will argue for a radical alternative where space(-time) is completely emergent from quantum mechanics alone, defined for finite-dimensional Hilbert spaces. After briefly reviewing how spacetime can be emergent, I will sketch a new research program that establishes experimental signatures to test the emergent nature of spacetime.
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Zoom link:
https://zoom.us/j/4214801692?pwd=TGxVWHJudnI1S25FbXhERlVDMkN0dz09
Meeting ID: 421 480 1692
Passcode: cosmology
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