PIRSA:13070008

Resolution of Cosmic Singularities and Bounces

Neil Turok Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

Turok, N. (2013). Resolution of Cosmic Singularities and Bounces. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/13070008

Turok, Neil. Resolution of Cosmic Singularities and Bounces. Perimeter Institute, Jul. 09, 2013, https://pirsa.org/13070008 

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Abstract

The AdS/CFT correspondence provides new insights and tools to answer previously inaccessible questions in quantum gravity. Among the most interesting is whether it is possible to describe a cosmological "bounce" in a mathematically complete and consistent way. In the talk, I'll discuss joint work with M. Smolkin, developing the dual description of the simplest possible 4d M-theory cosmology in the stringy regime, employing the full quantum dynamics of its dual CFT. I'll also present evidence that the description extends to the Einstein-gravity regime.

Details

Talk Number PIRSA:13070008
Speaker Profile Neil Turok
Collection Cosmological Frontiers in Fundamental Physics 2013