Physical Society Colloquium
Gravity and Entanglement
Department of Physics and Astronomy
UBC
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.
Friday, January 6th 2017, 15:30
Ernest Rutherford Physics Building, Keys Auditorium (room 112)
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