A Glimpse Into Holography

by Pavel Štěch (Stockholm University)

Friday 9 May 2025, 16:00 → 17:30 Europe/Stockholm

Floor 6 - Fika Area (AlbaNova Main Building)

Is our universe similar to a hologram? This is what is suggested by holography — the idea that gravitational theories may be described by theories on a lower-dimensional boundary, much like a hologram encodes a 3D image on a 2D surface.
Let me take you on a short journey through this exciting topic, from the origins of the holographic principle to the dualities that connect gravity and quantum physics, ultimately giving you a glimpse into how holography can be used to study strongly coupled systems in particle physics — something I had the pleasure of exploring over the past year during my master’s thesis work at SU.

Note: This event is open to the junior audience only, including undergraduate, master’s, and PhD students, as well as postdocs.