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De-conjecturing de Sitter

Frederik Denef · CERN

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About

I will begin by reviewing some of the challenges one encounters when trying to make sense of quantum gravity in the presence of a positive vacuum energy density. In particular string theory in its present form appears inadequate to settle even basic existence questions. To resolve these issues, a more fundamental, possibly holographic, quantitatively precise framework will likely be needed. I will discuss some recent progress in this direction..

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  1. De-conjecturing de Sitter 2019-06-20 · 1 h 4 min · CERN's player

Credits and licence

Institution
CERN
Department
TH institutes
Speaker
Frederik Denef
Year
2019
Language
English
Subjects
Mathematics
Source
CERN
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