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DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS DISSERTATION: Shunyu Yao

Date
Fri June 14th 2024, 1:30 - 2:30pm
Location
Varian 355

Ph.D. Candidate:  Shunyu Yao

Research Advisor:  Douglas Stanford & Stephen H. Shenker

Date: 06/14/2024  Time: 1:30 p.m.

Location: Varian 355

Zoom Link: https://stanford.zoom.us/j/91686547055

Zoom Password: Email physicsstudentservices [at] stanford.edu (physicsstudentservices[at]stanford[dot]edu) for password. 

Title: Lessons from Quantum Chaos and Quantum Gravity

Abstract: Chaotic behaviors happen in various different kinds of systems including quantum many-body systems and blackholes. There are two typical features of chaos, the butterfly effect and level statistics. In semiclassical limit, both features have universal behaviors. I will review a mode, scramblons, that is related to both features. By analysing scramblons carefully, we learnt interesting lessons on path integral. We will also discuss the relation between low dimensional gravity and periodic orbit theory in chaos. Remarks on generalizations and subtleties will be made.