Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology) |
Events During the Week of September 22nd through September 29th, 2019
Monday, September 23rd, 2019
- No events scheduled
Tuesday, September 24th, 2019
- No events scheduled
Wednesday, September 25th, 2019
- An Entropic Bound on the Lifetime of De Sitter Space
- Time: 4:00 pm
- Place: 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Speaker: Lars Aalsma, UW-Madison dept of Physics
- Abstract: Abstract: What does the finiteness of the de Sitter entropy teach us about cosmology? In this talk, I will present evidence that it puts a bound on the amount of (quasi-)exponential expansion that can be sustained in semi-classical gravity. We will see how this bound arises by considering a new quantum state of de Sitter space - the Unruh-de Sitter state - which is the cosmological analogue of the Unruh state that describes evaporating black holes. I will compare and contrast the obtained bound with other recent works that suggest that quantum (gravity) effects limit the lifetime of de Sitter space.
- Host: Nicholas Orlofsky
Thursday, September 26th, 2019
- No events scheduled
Friday, September 27th, 2019
- No events scheduled