Terrestrial Tests of Quantum Gravity

US/Central
Wilson Hall, 1 West (WH1W)

Wilson Hall, 1 West (WH1W)

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    • 15:30 16:30
      Terrestrial Tests of Quantum Gravity 1h

      I will give an overview of recent activity based on the idea that we can test quantum properties of the gravitational field in experiments. I will emphasize the need to state precisely what hypotheses are being tested, discuss some explicit models of low-energy gravity that violate the usual rules of effective quantum field theory, and discuss some of the basic experimental challenges to getting these tests done.

      Speaker: Daniel Carney (Berkeley National Lab)