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SUMMARY:CPT colloquium: Shai Chester
DTSTART:20251009T120000Z
DTEND:20251009T130000Z
DTSTAMP:20260609T173600Z
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DESCRIPTION:Title: Conformal field theory in quantum gravity and the lab\n
  \nAbstract:\nConformal field theories (CFT) are ubiquitous in physics: t
 hey describe phase transitions of magnets and superfluids that can be stud
 ied in the lab\, as well as provide the only known non-perturbative descri
 ption of quantum gravity via the AdS/CFT conjecture. These CFTs are often 
 strongly coupled\, however\, so for precise calculations we need non-pertu
 rbative methods such as the conformal bootstrap and supersymmetric localiz
 ation. I will explain how these new methods have been used to resolve long
  standing experimental questions about the superfluid Helium phase transit
 ion\, make predictions for string theory corrections to Einstein's equatio
 ns\, and in general probe strongly coupled systems across theoretical phys
 ics.\n\nhttps://conference.ippp.dur.ac.uk/event/1517/
LOCATION:OC218 (OC218)
URL:https://conference.ippp.dur.ac.uk/event/1517/
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