Emergent Metric Space-Time and Early Universe Cosmology from the BFSS Matrix Model

Robert Brandenberger (McGill U)

Sep 08. 2023, 11:00 — 11:40

Starting from a high temperature state of the BFSS matrix model, I will discuss how a four-dimensional metric space-time emerges, and illustrate the emergent early universe cosmology. The emergent space-time is spatially flat and infinite. Thermal fluctuations yield approximately scale-invariant spectra of cosmological perturbations and gravitational waves. No period of inflation is required in order to successfully explain current data.

Further Information
Venue:
ESI Boltzmann Lecture Hall
Recordings:
Recording
Associated Event:
Large-N Matrix Models and Emergent Geometry (Workshop)
Organizer(s):
Sumit Ranjan Das (U Kentucky)
Masanori Hanada (QMU London)
Sean Hartnoll (U of Cambridge)
Antal Jevicki (Brown U, Providence)
Joanna Karczmarek (UBC)
Harold Steinacker (U of Vienna)