SiftS 2019

SiftS 2019 concluded on Friday. It was an enjoyable two weeks of study and discussion on topics in string theory and holography. Eran Palti and Kyriakos Papadodimas were for me the highlight of the event. This is not meant to take away from others, it is just that Palti and Papadodimas were one of the …

Papers: Holography and the cosmological constant problem, plus a new publication from Zwiebach

From a quick readthrough, the idea presented in Zwiebach's paper is that the time dependent ansatz enables a general analysis...

Some papers I’ve recently read, including a new one from Susskind (12/05/19)

I thought I would experiment with a new type of weekly post. The premise is simple: I collect and describe some of the papers that I have read that are my favourite or that standout for whatever reason...