Lecture / Seminar
Event in Room: HSH/INN 173
ACADIA PHYSICS SEMINAR
What happens when you fall into a black hole?
Dr. Ruben Sandapen
Professor of Physics at Acadia University
While you are reading this, you are safely orbiting a supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A*, located at the center of our Galaxy, whose image has recently been released in May 2022 by the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration. This talk is an invitation to leave your safe orbit, for one hour or so, and imagine yourself falling into Sagittarius A*. During your journey, you will encounter very counter-intuitive statements on what is happening to you according to the laws of physics. Remarkably, your journey will reveal an intimate connection between gravity and quantum physics.
Ruben Sandapen is a Professor of Physics at Acadia University, where he enjoys teaching theory courses like relativity, cosmology, and quantum mechanics. He holds a PhD in theoretical particle physics from the University of Manchester, UK. His current research focuses on holographic Quantum Chromodynamics to describe the strong interactions of quark and gluons within hadrons.
Event in Room: HSH/INN 173
ACADIA PHYSICS SEMINAR
What happens when you fall into a black hole?
Dr. Ruben Sandapen
Professor of Physics at Acadia University
While you are reading this, you are safely orbiting a supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A*, located at the center of our Galaxy, whose image has recently been released in May 2022 by the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration. This talk is an invitation to leave your safe orbit, for one hour or so, and imagine yourself falling into Sagittarius A*. During your journey, you will encounter very counter-intuitive statements on what is happening to you according to the laws of physics. Remarkably, your journey will reveal an intimate connection between gravity and quantum physics.
Ruben Sandapen is a Professor of Physics at Acadia University, where he enjoys teaching theory courses like relativity, cosmology, and quantum mechanics. He holds a PhD in theoretical particle physics from the University of Manchester, UK. His current research focuses on holographic Quantum Chromodynamics to describe the strong interactions of quark and gluons within hadrons.
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