PIRSA:12050066 Conference

DOI10.48660/12050066

Conference/School: Conformal Nature of the Universe - 2012

Afshordi, N. (2012). Trials and Tribulations of Aether. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/12050066

Afshordi, Niayesh. Trials and Tribulations of Aether. Perimeter Institute, May. 09, 2012, https://pirsa.org/12050066 

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  language = {en},
  title = {Trials and Tribulations of Aether},
  publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
  year = {2012},
  month = {may},
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Abstract

The tremendous empirical success of Einstein's relativity has pushed Aether into a chapter in the history books, for nearly a century. However, a phenomenologically consistent quantum mechanical treatment of gravity has motivated a revival of aether, by taming its UV-divergences, or the cosmological constant problem. Here I will outline the phenomenological implications of a physically motivated aether model. I will also discuss how aether could potentially evade traditional tests of Lorentz violation, through strong coupling. 

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