Phys10 - The Science and Fiction of Causality Violations and Time Travel

Wednesday, November 24, 2021 — 12:30 PM to 1:20 PM EST

Dr. Barak Shoshany

Professor
Brock University

Next week’s phys 10 lecture is given by Dr. Barak Shoshany, a time travel physicist, from Brock University. Dr. Shoshany uses the concepts of General Relativity and Quantum Mechanics to try to figure out a way to time travel to the future and to the past. I could say he could have the manual of how to become a time traveler.

Dr. Barak Shoshany is a theoretical, mathematical, and computational physicist and an Assistant Professor of Physics at Brock University. His research focuses on the nature of time and causality in general relativity and quantum mechanics, as well as symbolic and high-performance scientific computing. He is also a talented piano player and an orchestra conductor.

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Abstract

I will talk about causality violations (causality is when an event A causes an event B. Its violation would be if they could be reversed -time travel.), in the form of time travel and faster-than-light travel, as they are currently understood in the context of the theories of general relativity and quantum mechanics. Are causality violations pure science fiction, or could they be made into real science.

All are welcome to attend!

Location

AL - Arts Lecture Hall

116
200 University Avenue West
Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1
Canada

Event tags

Phys10

undergraduate

seminar

quantum computing

quasi-particles