Date/Time
9 May 2021 - 14 May 2021

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Organizers: Julian Sonner (UniGe), Alexandre Belin (CERN) and Alexander Zhiboedov (CERN)

Formulating a quantum theory of gravitational interactions remains of the great challenges of modern physics.

Over the last two decades, a holographic approach to quantum gravity has been pursued thanks to the AdS/CFT correspondence which has enabled tremendous progress in this challenging field. Nevertheless, much remains to be done. The goal of “Advances in Quantum Gravity” will be both to assess the current status of the field by discussing recent developments, as well as formulate avenues to be explored in the years to come.

Particular emphasis will be put on the following themes:

What is the space of consistent theories of quantum gravity in AdS and how can the conformal bootstrap help to answer this question? What is the connection between black holes and random matrices, and what is the role of quantum chaos in quantum gravity? How can quantum information theory help us understand the emergence of spacetime and how the gravitational variables are encoded in the CFT?

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Location
SwissMAP Research Station, Les Diablerets, Switzerland