# Carving out gravitational theory space

- Institution: CERN
- Department: Theory Colloquia
- Speaker: David Simmons-Duffin
- Year: 2022
- Language: English
- Subjects: Astronomy and space
- Source: [CERN](https://videos.cern.ch/record/3011269)
- Licence: [CERN](http://copyright.web.cern.ch)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

It has long been expected that UV consistency of quantum gravity places constraints on low energy observables. I will discuss new techniques for deriving such constraints -- techniques that arose through an interesting interplay between effective field theory and the conformal bootstrap.

TH colloquia: https://cern.zoom.us/j/67346292748?pwd=ZnRkQWh0ZXVFQTc5K256QW5NcEcrdz09.

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## Lectures

1. [Carving out gravitational theory space](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/cern/3011269/62e67f8bbc4f), 1 h 43 min (CERN's player)