170422 Carving Out the Landscape of Worlds

Title:
Carving out the landscape of worlds

Speaker:
林穎璇 (Caltech) 
Disclaimer: 為增進聽眾的理解 演講內容將科學事實簡化而不盡嚴謹

Time:
04/22 (Sat.) 15:00 PDT, 16:00 MDT, 17:00 CDT, 18:00 EDT,
04/23 (Sun.) 06:00 Taiwan

Link:
Join the talk on BlueJeans: https://bluejeans.com/4644635972/


Abstract:
The set of physical laws governing our universe is not the only mathematically consistent possibility. Within the framework of quantum field theory, there is a vast landscape of “alternative worlds”, each described by a different theory. In this talk, I will paint you a road map to this landscape of theories, using conformal field theories as landmarks. I will provide a cartoon definition of conformal field theories, and explain a novel method for solving these theories — the conformal bootstrap.