I will review how tools from quantum information theory are providing a fresh perspective on some of the deepest problems in particle physics and gravitation. The first lecture will be a brisk overview of the current status of fundamental physics, followed by a discussion of entanglement in quantum field theory and of the properties of quantum black holes. The second lecture will be an introduction to AdS/CFT duality in quantum gravity, emphasizing the emergence of spacetime from entanglement and the role of quantum error correction. I know it sounds scary, but I’m a physicist, so it will be perfectly safe.
Select references:
– Mark Van Raamsdonk, Lectures on gravity and entanglement, https://arxiv.org/abs/1609.00026
– Daniel Harlow, Jerusalem lectures on black holes and quantum information, https://arxiv.org/abs/1409.1231
– Scott Aaronson, The complexity of quantum states and transformations: from quantum money to black holes (Lectures 6 and 7), https://arxiv.org/abs/1607.05256
– Fernando Pastawski et al., Holographic quantum error-correcting codes, https://arxiv.org/abs/1503.06237