TY - GEN
T1 - Infinite derivative gravity
T2 - Corfu Summer Institute 2016 "School and Workshops on Elementary Particle Physics and Gravity", CORFU 2016
AU - Mazumdar, Anupam
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PY - 2017/10/5
Y1 - 2017/10/5
N2 - Both Einstein's theory of General Relativity and Newton?s theory of gravity possess a short distance and small time scale catastrophe. The blackhole singularity and cosmological Big Bang singularity problems highlight that current theories of gravity are incomplete description at early times and small distances. I will discuss how one can potentially resolve these fundamental problems at a classical level and quantum level. In particular, I will discuss infinite derivative theories of gravity, where gravitational interactions become weaker in the ultraviolet, and therefore resolving some of the classical singularities, such as Big Bang and Schwarzschild singularity for compact non-singular objects with mass up to 1025 grams. In this lecture, I will discuss quantum aspects of infinite derivative gravity and discuss few aspects which can make the theory asymptotically free in the UV.
AB - Both Einstein's theory of General Relativity and Newton?s theory of gravity possess a short distance and small time scale catastrophe. The blackhole singularity and cosmological Big Bang singularity problems highlight that current theories of gravity are incomplete description at early times and small distances. I will discuss how one can potentially resolve these fundamental problems at a classical level and quantum level. In particular, I will discuss infinite derivative theories of gravity, where gravitational interactions become weaker in the ultraviolet, and therefore resolving some of the classical singularities, such as Big Bang and Schwarzschild singularity for compact non-singular objects with mass up to 1025 grams. In this lecture, I will discuss quantum aspects of infinite derivative gravity and discuss few aspects which can make the theory asymptotically free in the UV.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85046070686&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.22323/1.292.0078
DO - 10.22323/1.292.0078
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85046070686
T3 - Proceedings of Science
BT - Corfu Summer Institute 2016 "School and Workshops on Elementary Particle Physics and Gravity" (CORFU2016)
PB - Proceedings of Science
Y2 - 31 August 2016 through 12 September 2016
ER -