Modified dispersion relations in semiclassical gravity

Speaker: Dr. Massimiliano Rinaldi (Bologna)

Time: 2:15PM
Date: Thu 16th November 2006

Location: Mathematical Sciences Seminar Room

Abstract
Modified dispersion relations (MDR) are often advocated as a possible sign of new physics at the Planck scale. I shall present the state of the art and the main motivations which lead to the study of quantum observables in the presence of MDR. In particular, I will focus the attention on black holes and analogue models of gravity.

(This talk is part of the Applied and Computational Mathematics series.)