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王安忠(Baylor University):量子引力的Horava-Lifshitz理论
发布时间:2013-01-09   浏览次数:212

讲座题目:物理学系列学术报告:量子引力的Horava-Lifshitz理论

主讲人:王安忠 教授

主持人:薛迅 教授

开始时间:2013-01-09 14:00

讲座地址:闵行校区物理楼226报告厅

主办单位:物理系和科技处

报告人简介:

Anzhong Wang教授:

教授(Professor),  2006.8 – 现在,美国贝勒大学物理系 (Baylor University) 

客座教授(Professor),  2004.8 – 现在,中国浙江工业大学理学院 

教授(Professor), 2001.1–2003.8, 巴西里约热内卢州立大学物理系(State U. of Rio de Janeiro).

副教授(Associate Prof.),1996.7-2000.12,巴西 里约热内卢州立大学物理系(State U. of Rio de  Janeiro)

副教授(Associate Prof.),   1994.1-1996.7,   巴西里约热内卢国立天文台(Brazilian National  Observatory)

助理教授(Assistant Porf.),1992.6-1993.12, 巴西圣保罗Campinas州立大学应用数学系(Sao Paulo State  University at Campinas)

博士后(Postdoctoral Fellow), 1991.2-1992.6, 希腊Crete和Ioannina大学物理系 (Universities  of Crete and Ioannina)

报告内容简介:

I shall give a brief introduction to the theory of quantum gravity at  Lifshitz fixed points, proposed recently (2009) by Petro Horava, the so-called  Horava-Lifshitz theory of quantum gravity. Then, I  state clearly its major  challenges in its original carnation, and show how they might be resolved in two  different approaches with an enlarged  local U(1) symmetry, one is  with the  projectability condition,  and the other is  without. The inclusion of an U(1)  symmetry makes the theory have the same degree of freedom as that of general  relativity, i.e., only massless spin-2 gravitons exist. Finally, I shall present  some concluding remarks (if there is any),  and point out some future work.