Date/Time Date(s) - 23/11/20163:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Title: Gravity and Entanglement
Speaker: Dr. Mark Vann Raamsdonk,
Institute: University of British Columbia
Location: ABB 102
Description:
The AdS/CFT correspondence from string theory provides a quantum theory of gravity in which spacetime and gravitational physics emerge from an ordinary non-gravitational quantum system with many degrees of freedom. In this talk, I will explain how quantum entanglement between these degrees of freedom is crucial for the emergence of a classical spacetime, and describe progress in understanding how spacetime dynamics (gravitation) arises from the physics of quantum entanglement.