Talk by Professor Gary Shiu, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA at QASTM seminar
Channel: Sayantan Choudhury
Date: 2020-09-10

Title: Quantum Gravity and the Swampland

Abstract: String theory seems to offer an enormous number of possibilities for low energy physics. The huge set of solutions is often known as the String Theory Landscape. In recent years, however, it has become clear that not all quantum field theories can be consistently coupled to gravity. Theories that cannot be ultraviolet completed in quantum gravity are said to be in the Swampland. In this talk, I’ll discuss some conjectured properties of quantum gravity, evidences for them, and their applications to cosmology and particle physics.

Speaker: Professor Gary Shiu, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.

Date and Time: 10th September, 2020, 3.30 PM to 6.00 PM PM Berlin time (7:00 PM to 9:30 PM Indian time)

Zoominar link: https://mpi-aei.zoom.us/j/97623339163

Contact: Dr. Sayantan Choudhury (sayantan.choudhury@aei.mpg.de)