
Origins of Time's Arrow
Monday, October 15, 2007 - Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Presented By
Presented by the String Theory, Astrophysics, and Cosmology Discussion Group, Columbia University Institute for Strings, Cosmology, and Astroparticle Physics (ISCAP), Perimeter Institute, and UNC Chapel Hill
This conference will involve a concentrated focus of leading world experts from a wide range of perspectives on one of the most outstanding issues in cosmology and theoretical physics - why time unfolds with a definite orientation even though the underlying laws are time reversal invariant.
The meeting is first in a series aimed at stimulating progress on outstanding topics in theoretical physics.
Agenda
Monday, October 15
8:45am - 9:00am
Welcoming Remarks by Brian Greene
9:00am - 9:45am
The Emergent Nature of Time and the Complex Numbers in Quantum Cosmology
Gary Gibbons, Cambridge
9:45am - 10:30am
Physics and Chance
David Albert, Columbia University
10:30am - 11:00am
Coffee Break
11:00am - 11:45am
Why Did The Universe Start In Such An Extraordinarly Ordered State?
Laura Mersini-Houghton, UNC-Chapel Hill
11:45am - 12:30pm
The Arrow of Time and Cosmic Inflation
Andreas Albrecht, UC Davis
12:30pm - 2:00pm
Lunch
2:00pm - 2:45pm
The Origin of Time and Complexity: Why Was the Entropy So Low, and Why Wasn't It Even Lower?
Max Tegmark, MIT
2:45pm - 3:30pm
Time as a Fundamental, Non-emergent, Aspect of Reality
Lee Smolin, Perimeter Institute
3:30pm - 4:00pm
Coffee Break
4:00pm - 4:45pm
Holographic Cosmology and the Arrow of Time
Tom Banks, Rutgers and UC Santa Cruz
4:45pm - 5:30pm
Black Hole Constraints on the Particle Species
Gia Dvali, New York University
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Reception
7:00pm - 9:00pm
Panel Discussion
Tuesday, October 16
9:00am - 9:45am
Time's Arrow and the Strength of Inflation
Leonard Parker, UW Milwaukee
9:45am - 10:30am
Quantum Mechanics with Real Clocks
Jorge Pullin, Louisiana State University
10:30am - 11:00am
Coffee Break
11:00am - 11:45am
The Arrow of Time and the Initial Conditions of the Universe
Robert M. Wald, Chicago
11:45am - 12:30pm
Time Evolution and Dimension in String Theory
Eva Silverstein, Stanford University
12:30pm - 2:00pm
Lunch
2:00pm - 2:45pm
String Theory Insights into the Arrow of Time
Gary Horowitz, UC Santa Barbara
2:45pm - 3:30pm
Hidden Assumptions and Unaddressed Problems of Time Asymmetry
Paul Davies, Arizona State University
3:30pm - 3:50pm
Phantom Bounce
Katie Freese, University of Michigan
3:50 pm - 4:00 pm
Closing Remarks
Scientific Organizing Committee
- Brian Greene (Columbia University)
- Justin Khoury (Perimeter Institute)
- Laura Mersini-Houghton (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill)
Sponsors
- National Science Foundation
- Perimeter Institute
- Bahnson Fund
- University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
- Columbia University Institute for Strings, Cosmology, and Astroparticle Physics (ISCAP)
- Foundational Questions Institute (FQXi)
Travel & Lodging
Our Location
The New York Academy of Sciences
7 World Trade Center
250 Greenwich Street, 40th floor
New York, NY 10007-2157
212.298.8600
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Phone: (212) 269-6400
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