Amphithéâtre Guillaume Budé, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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The experience of an observer interacting with a black hole or in de Sitter space can be described by a Type II von Neumann algebra.

This gives a slightly abstract explanation of why entropy is better defined in gravity than in ordinary quantum field theory. Based on arXiv:2112.12828 and work to appear with V. Chandrasekharan and G. Penington.

Intervenant(s)

Edward Witten

Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, Etats-Unis