From Quantum Mechanics to Spacetime

by Dr Sean Carroll

Tuesday 15 Jun 2021, 16:15 → 17:15 Europe/Stockholm

Zoom: https://stockholmuniversity.zoom.us/j/62320153507

Nine decades in, the foundations of quantum mechanics remain mysterious. Meanwhile, modern physicists puzzle over how to reconcile quantum mechanics with gravity. I will suggest that these problems are related, and that a promising strategy suggests itself: rather than "quantizing gravity," we should look for gravity within quantum mechanics. This approach has interesting consequences for how we think about the nature of space and time.