PIRSA:15030094 Scientific Series Quantum Fields and Strings

DOI10.48660/15030094

Series: Quantum Fields and Strings

(2015). Understanding Big Bang Singularities from Holography. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/15030094

Understanding Big Bang Singularities from Holography. Perimeter Institute, Mar. 10, 2015, https://pirsa.org/15030094 

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  keywords = {Quantum Fields and Strings},
  language = {en},
  title = {Understanding Big Bang Singularities from Holography},
  publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
  year = {2015},
  month = {mar},
  note = {PIRSA:15030094 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
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Abstract

Using holography, I will describe an approach for understanding the physics of a big bang singularity by translating the problem into the language of the dual quantum field theory. Certain two-point correlators in the dual field theory are sensitive to near-singularity physics in a dramatic way, and this provides an avenue for investigating how strong quantum gravity effects in string theory might modify the classical description of the big bang.

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