Séminaire / Seminar GReCO |
| « Thermodynamic Origin of Einstein's Equations and the Null Energy Condition » |
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Maulik Parikh |
| A compelling idea in quantum gravity is that gravity is not in fact a fundamental force. Rather, in this view, gravity (and perhaps spacetime itself) is regarded as emerging from the coarse-graining of some as-yet-unidentified microscopic degrees of freedom. I will show that the first and second laws of thermodynamics, applied to the underlying degrees of freedom, give rise precisely to Einstein's equations and the null energy condition, respectively. |
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Monday 16 October 2017 - 11:00 Salle des séminaires Évry Schatzman Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris |
| Pages web du séminaire / Seminar's webpage |