Quantum Institute: Visitor Schedule

The Quantum Lunch is regularly held on Thursdays in the Theoretical Division Conference Room, TA-3, Building 123, Room 121.

The organizing committee includes Malcolm Boshier (P-21), Adolfo del Campo (T-4 & CNLS), Michael Di Rosa (C-PCS), Armin Rahmanisisan (T-4 & CNLS), Changhyun Ryu (P-21) , Nikolai Sinitsyn (T-4), Rolando Somma (T-4), Christopher Ticknor (T-1), and Wojciech Zurek (T-4).

For more information, or to nominate a speaker, contact Adolfo del Campo.

To add your name to the Quantum Lunch email list, contact Ellie Vigil.

Wednesday, May 1, 2013
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Speaker: Seth Lloyd (MIT)

Technical Host: Adolfo del Campo

TOPIC: Gravity and Quantum Information

Abstract
This talk shows how general relativity can be derived from quantum limits to measurement. Starting from the physics of computation, I derive a limit to the total number of events — bit flips, clock ticks, or clicks of detectors — that can be contained in any volume of spacetime. I show that if each event removes a Planck scale area from the volume, then Einstein's equations hold.