Gravitational Waves from the Fifth Dimension

Noviembre 19, 2024
De 4:30pm hasta 5:30pm

IFT Seminar Room/Red Room

Specialist level
Speaker: 
David Mateos
Institution: 
Universitat de Barcelona
Location&Place: 

IFT Seminar Room/Red Room

Abstract: 

The experimental revolution unleashed by the discovery of gravitational waves will gradually unfold over the coming decades. Maximizing the discovery potential requires a theoretical understanding of out-out-of-equilibrium quantum matter coupled to dynamical classical gravity. I will discuss the insights that holography can offer into this challenging regime. I will focus on phase transitions in the early Universe and in neutron star mergers. If time permits I will also discuss the holographic dual of primordial black hole formation as well as the approach to a cosmological singularity.