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SUMMARY:Gravity: An Emergent Perspective - T.Padmanabhan\, IUCAA\, Pune an
 d Kavli Institute\, Cambridge
DTSTART:20090714T153000Z
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CONTACT:Jane Buckle
DESCRIPTION:I will describe a new perspective on gravity in which the spac
 etime dynamics arises as an emergent phenomenon\, like elasticity or gas d
 ynamics. This approach explains several features of gravitational dynamics
  which have no explanation in the conventional approach and provides a con
 ceptually coherent dynamical principle to derive the field equations. Eins
 tein's theory arises as the lowest order description (and is unique in 4 d
 imensions) with well-defined\, calculable\, higher order corrections in D>
 4. It turns out that this approach has important implications for quantum 
 gravity as well as the cosmological constant problem.\n
LOCATION:Ryle Seminar Room\, Cavendish Laboratory
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