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Thursday, 11 May 2023

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15:15 – 16:30

"Quantum gravity, chaos, complexity and statistical physics"

Prof. Jan de Boer

(Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Amsterdam)

Abstract:

I will give an overview of various recent developments in our

understanding of quantum gravity and black holes. In particular, I will

focus on (i) the chaotic nature of the quantum gravitational degrees of

freedom, (ii) the statistical interpretation of semi-classical gravity and

its connection to wormholes, and (iii) the possible role of computational

complexity. I will try to connect all of this to famous questions like the

information loss paradox and the experience of an infalling observer.

Biography:

Jan de Boer graduated from Utrecht University in 1993 and has held

research positions at the State University of New York at Stony Brook,

University of California at Berkeley Institute-Lorentz for Theoretical

Physics in Leiden, and Spinoza Institute, Utrecht. Since 2000 he is a

professor at the Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of

Amsterdam. He is also a member of the executive board and the chair of

board of Science Domain of the Dutch Research Council (NWO), and a

founding member of the International Society on Quantum Gravity. He has

worked extensively on quantum aspects of gravity and blackholes.