Departmental Seminar:
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Jun 07, 2007 11:00 AM,
Wilson vs. The Bubble of Nothing : Can we save the Universe by turning on the light?
Speaker: Alex Flournoy
Abstract: I will begin by reviewing semiclassical instabilities in gravitational theories and pose an unresolved problem that arises when one considers Einstein-Maxwell theories with nonvanishing Wilson line backgrounds. In the second part of my talk I will connect these issues to string theory and in particular highlight their implications on the issue of closed string tachyon condensation.
Contact: Peter Bouwknegt Tel.(02) 6125 2969
