PHYSICS DISSERTATION DEFENSE: Jonathan Sorce

Date

Wed July 6th 2022, 2:30 - 3:30pm

Location

PAB 102/103

Ph.D. Candidate: Jonathan Sorce

Research Advisor: Patrick Hayden

Date: Wednesday, July 6, 2022
Time: 2:30pm

Location: PAB 102/103

NOTE: The number of in-person attendees will be limited for COVID safety; if you wish to attend in person, email Jon at jsorce [at] stanford.edu (jsorce[at]stanford[dot]edu).

Zoom Link: https://stanford.zoom.us/j/94443060852

Zoom Password: email nickswan [at] stanford.edu (nickswan[at]stanford[dot]edu) for password

Title: Oddball realizations of "geometry = entanglement"

Abstract: In holographic theories of quantum gravity, there has long been an intuitive idea that bulk geometry "emerges" from boundary entanglement. I will discuss some explicit realizations of this principle that have unusual or surprising features, and interpret them to draw lessons about the general structure of quantum gravity.