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The Weak Gravity Conjecture: from Quantum Gravity to the Real World
Ben Heidenreich (University of Massachusetts)
Zoom (DESY Hamburg), 16:00 h
The Weak Gravity Conjecture (WGC) requires the existence of a charged particle with charge-to-mass ratio at least as large as that of a maximally charged black hole. This simple conjecture and its close relatives - thought to hold in any consistent theory of quantum gravity - have wide-reaching consequences ranging from axion inflation to fifth forces to geometry and beyond. In this talk, I will review the motivation and evidence for the WGC, along with some of its consequences.
This is a VIDEO COLLOQUIUM!
Zoom link:
https://desy.zoom.us/j/99616528733
Meeting ID: 996 1652 8733
Meeting Password: 733220
