Physics Research Conference
East Bridge 201 (Richard P. Feynman Lecture Hall)
The Remarkable Power of General Relativity
Gary Horowitz,
Distinguished Professor of Physics,
UC Santa Barbara,
Einstein's theory of general relativity has been very successful in reproducing a wide range of gravitational phenomena. I will briefly review this success, and then explain how general relativity can also describe other areas of physics as well, including aspects of particle physics and condensed matter physics. This surprising result is a consequence of the gauge/gravity duality that emerged from string theory. I will explain this remarkable development and show that general relativity can indeed reproduce properties of QCD and superconductivity.
For more information, please contact Sheri Stoll by phone at 395-6608 or by email at [email protected] or visit http://pmaweb.caltech.edu/~physcoll/PhysColl.html.
Event Series
Physics Research Conference