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In-person Seminar - Michael Kiessling –  General relativistic surprises at small scales

  • Event Date: September 23, 2021
  • Event Start Time: 1:20 PM
  • Event End Time: 2:20 PM
  • Event Type: Mathematical Physics In Person Seminar
  • Event Location: Hill Center 705

Michael Kiessling – Rutgers University

  Date/Time/Location
Thursday, September 23rd, 1:20pm; Hill 705
Title
"General relativistic surprises at small scales"

Abstract
It is by now well-established that general relativity (GR) accurately captures physics at astrophysical and cosmic scales, and GPS wouldn't work if one ignored the effects of GR at earthly scales, yet GR is expected to break down at the Planck scale. That leaves plenty of unexplored territory in between. In this talk I survey results about GR at (sub-)atomic scales that still are about 20 orders of magnitude away from the Planck scale. This includes in particular recent research results obtained in various collaborations with Annegret Burtscher, Elie Kapengut, Eric Ling, Shadi Tahvildar-Zadeh, and Ebru Toprak.

BROWN BAG LUNCH AT 12:30 PM IN THE ROOM ADJACENT TO 705. COOKIES AND COFFEE WILL BE AVAILABLE.