ITAMP Topical Lunch Discussion
Date: FRIDAY, April 25
Time: 12:00-1:30 pm
Pizza will be served.
Location: B-106 @ Center for Astrophysics (60 Garden Street)
Directions: after entering the lobby of the CfA, turn right to enter the
hallway of the B building. In the hallway, turn right again, and B-106 is
there.
*Speaker*: Roberto Onofrio
*Affiliations*: Department of Physics and Astronomy 'Galileo Galilei',
University of Padua and ITAMP
*Abstract*: Quantum physics and gravitation have been considered for a long
time as two non-overlapping theories, with prevalent domain of
applicability in the micro and macroworld, respectively. Yet, in our search
for a unified picture of Nature we need to find situations in which there
is cross-talk between the quantum and gravitation, to highlight possible
contradictions and ways to overcome them. I will show how atomic physics
may help to smooth out this situation, discussing two examples related to
macroscopic consequences of the Higgs field in astrophysics and
gravitation, and microscopic consequences of a conjecture in which weak
interactions are interpreted as manifestations of gravity at the Fermi
scale.
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