| Gravity and Entanglement |
| Mark Van Raamsdonk, University of British Columbia |
| Event Type: Physics Dept Colloquium |
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| Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM |
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| Location: 726 Broadway, 940, CCPP Seminar |
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| Abstract: The AdS/CFT correspondence 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. |