Quantum mechanics and geometry of spacetime

by Juan Maldacena

at Physics Colloquium

Thu, 08 Jan 2015, 15:30
Physics building (#54) room 207

Abstract

Quantum mechanics is important for determining the geometry of spacetime We will review the role of quantum fluctuations that determine the large scale structure of the universe In some model universes we can give an alternative description of the physics in terms of a theory of particles that lives on its boundary This implies that the geometry is an emergent property Furthermore entanglement plays a crucial role in the emergence of geometry Large amounts of entanglement are conjectured to give rise

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