COLÓQUIO DO DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA MATEMÁTICA
Dia 05/05/2015 (terça-feira) - 11h - Sala Jayme Tiomno
String theory and real world predictions
Prof. Horatiu Nastase (IFT-UNESP)
Abstract: String theory has got the reputation that it doesnt predict anything. In this colloquium, we will see that on the contrary, we can use it in a variety of ways, obtaining various predictive models. As a fundamental theory, we can obtain cosmological models, in particular inflation, chameleonic cosmology, string gas cosmology, among others. We can also use it as a tool to solve nonperturbative problems via the so-called AdS/CFT correspondence, applying it to nuclear physics issues like the production of quark-gluon plasma, or to condensed matter issues like superconductivity and quantum critical phases.
