Abstract
Over the past several decades, developments in String Theory has led to a radically different description of gravity. In this description, gravity emerges as an approximate description of a quantum field theory in lower number of dimensions. The latter quantum theory is similar to those used to describe the other fundamental interactions, defined on a non-dynamical space-time. This talk traces the conceptual basis of such a description at a fairly non-technical level.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 012001 |
| Journal | Journal of Physics: Conference Series |
| Volume | 1143 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| State | Published - Dec 21 2018 |
| Event | 16th Meeting of Physics - Lima, Peru Duration: Aug 2 2017 → Aug 4 2017 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:I would like to thank the organizers of this conference for inviting me to present these lectures, and the participants for stimulating questions and comments. This work was partially supported by a National Science Foundation grant NSF-PHY-1521045.
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ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physics and Astronomy (all)