Talk by Maldacena at ASC (Wed. 18 Nov)

[Dardashti, Radin]

Speaker: Juan Maldacena (IAS Princeton)
Date: Wed., Nov 18
Location: Theresienstr. 37/III, Room A348/349
Time: 16:15 -⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 18:45

Title: Quantum Mechanics and Geometry of Spacetime

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 to geometric connections, or wormholes, 
between distant and non-interacting systems.