Wednesday, March 18, 2020 11:30 am
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11:30 am
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It Came From the Swampland
CANCELLED
Astronomy Seminar Series
Will Kinney, University of Buffalo, SUNY
Recent developments in String Theory center on the idea of the "Swampland", which is defined as the set of low-energy effective theories which do not have any counterpart in a complete theory of quantum gravity. I will provide a pedagogical introduction to the Swampland concept, with a particular focus on implications for cosmology. There may be some snark.