Lattice Gauge Theory (LGT) provides a mathematical framework for studying the properties of quarks, and the strong force ...

Einstein’s general relativity, which is a classical theory of gravity ... possible to calculate its gravitational field. “By finding a convenient quantum reference frame, we can take a ...

This is called the “heat death” of the Universe, but you can think of it instead as the death of heat. There will be no more differences in temperature anywhere, which means thermodynamics shuts down, ...

“String theory was developed for people to understand the physics of the strong interaction. [...] People started from a very simple model where they saw that if you take two quarks (a fundamental ...

String theory is not just a theory of quantum gravity. It also endeavours to be ... emerging techniques in the lab bring new hope to the field. "It has always been assumed that we had to go ...

In an article published in Physical Review Letters on Thursday, scientists carried out an innovative study testing the ...

We focus on the mathematical structures that underpin fundamental physical theories including quantum field theories such as Chern—Simons and Yang—Mills theories as well as gravitational theories such ...

Scientific breakthroughs often stem from the persistent pursuit of understanding complex phenomena. From the nanoscale ...

Heisenberg, who would later win the Nobel Prize for Physics, famously came up with quantum mechanics on a two-week vacation ...

ABSTRACT: This work proposes quantum circuit complexity—the minimal number of elementary operations needed to implement a quantum transformation—be established as a legitimate physical observable. We ...

In July, physicists at Germany’s Forschungszentrum Jülich and Korea’s IBS Center for Quantum Nanoscience (QNS ... appear that can’t be accounted for within a classical theory of gravity, this could ...

Unless otherwise noted, seminars take place at 11:15 am on Thursdays in Abelson 333.