Extra dimensions of space: science or fiction?

Mayo 5, 2025
De 3:00pm hasta 4:15pm

IFT Seminar Room/Red Room

Theoretical Physics, general interest
Speaker: 
Thomas Van Riet
Institution: 
KU Leuven
Location&Place: 

IFT Seminar Room/Red Room

Abstract: 

In this, (hopefully) pedagogical talk, I explain why it is useful to contemplate extra dimensions of space and how it can change the way we think about the cosmological constant problem. I will focus on the simple classical dynamics of extra dimensions, whether extra dimensions can be (dynamically) hidden from us, and whether the alter our view on the early universe. This talk is aimed at a general audience of theoretical physicists