Understanding Big Bang Singularities from Holography
PIRSA ID:
15030094
Series:
Quantum Fields & String Seminars
Event Type:
Seminar
Scientific Area(s):
Quantum Fields and Strings
End date:
Speaker(s):
- Netta Engelhardt, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Using holography, I will describe an approach for understanding the physics of a big bang singularity by translating the problem into the language of the dual quantum field theory. Certain two-point correlators in the dual field theory are sensitive to near-singularity physics in a dramatic way, and this provides an avenue for investigating how strong quantum gravity effects in string theory might modify the classical description of the big bang.