Venues 50 Birge | LBNL Theory

Thomas Dumitrescu (Harvard) “What is Quantum Field Theory? – New Tools for Exploring Strong Coupling and Beyond” SPECIAL LOCATION: 50 Birge

April 5, 2017 3:40 pm – 4:40 pm

Venue: 50 Birge
Categories: Special Seminars

Abstract: Quantum field theory is a unified language that successfully describes many diverse phenomena in different areas of physics. Nevertheless many interesting theories that arise in nature remain poorly understood, in part because there are no general tools for analyzing them in the strong coupling regime. In this talk I will review some recent progress in developing such tools, focusing … Read More

Jared Kaplan (Johns Hopkins) “Quantum Gravity from the Bottom-Up” SPECIAL LOCATION: 50 Birge

April 13, 2017 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Venue: 50 Birge
Categories: Special Seminars

Abstract: I will describe several different ways of thinking about the AdS/CFT correspondence. In particular I’ll discuss how locality in d+1 spacetime dimensions can arise from a d-dimensional theory. I will also highlight major open problems, including the black hole information paradox, and strategies that may lead to its resolution.