Cumrun Vafa (Boston MA, USA): String Theory and Our Universe

02.05.2023 18:15

Dienstag, 02. Mai 2023 18:15

Ort: Christian-Doppler-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 3. Stock

String theory landscape of vacua point to new consistency conditions that a quantum gravitational system must satisfy. There are only a small number of quantum field theories that satisfy these conditions and all the rest belong to the "Swampland" which cannot be consistently coupled to gravity.
In this talk I review some of these conditions and their implications for cosmology and particle physics.

Location:

Christian-Doppler-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 3. Stock

Foto: Barbara Mair