We will discuss the price of the quantum error correcting codes,
defined as the number of physical qubits needed to reconstruct
whether a given operator has been acted upon the thermal state or
not. By thinking about reconstruction via quantum...
Modern theoretical investigations into the nature of spacetime
are revealing that quantum entanglement plays a crucial role for
resolving several long standing puzzles. Black holes have been
central to these investigations. Quantum models for black...
Close binaries are the origin of many extraordinary events in
the Universe, including type Ia supernovae and gravitational wave
events. On the other extreme, wide binaries are easily disrupted by
gravitational perturbations, making them a unique...
We study collisions of localized shockwaves behind the horizon
of the eternal AdS black hole. We give a holographic boundary
description in terms of the overlap of two growing perturbations in
a shared quantum circuit. Due to a competition between...
The identity of dark matter remains a mystery, despite decades
of theorizing and detection efforts. This includes the mechanism
for its primordial production, its interactions with itself or with
visible matter, and the very nature of dark matter...
We study Chern-Simons theories at large N with either bosonic or
fermionic matter in the fundamental representation. The most
fundamental operators in these theories are mesonic line operators,
the simplest example being Wilson lines ending on...
We discuss emergent type III1 von Neumann algebraic structures
in the large N limit of certain class of quantum field theories. We
show that this is important for understanding various aspects of
bulk physics in the AdS/CFT duality, including...
Galaxy surveys, which observe the positions and shapes of
galaxies across large areas of the sky, can map a significant
fraction of our cosmic volume. With the recent or imminent start of
several next-generation projects — including LSST, Euclid...
Recent B-meson data show a reinforced set of deviations from the
Standard Model predictions, pointing to violations of lepton flavor
universality. I will critically review these data and discuss their
theoretical interpretation, including their...
In this talk, we will discuss quantum corrections in the
gravitational path integral around nearly 1/16-BPS black holes in
asymptotically AdS5 x S5 space, dual to heavy operators in N=4 SYM.
We argue these quantum corrections come from a version of...
