>Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2005 14:30:27 -0500
>To: Phys seminar
>From: Tatiana Allen <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Physics Seminar, January 12
>
>Our first physics seminar will be held on Wednesday, January 12, 2 p.m.,
>Grote 319.
>
>Speaker: Dr. Peter Groves, Assistant Professor of Physics, UTC
>
>Topic: "Relativity, Quantum Mechanics, and the Search for a Theory of
>Everything"
>
>Abstract: General Relativity and Quantum Mechanics have independently been
>very successful in describing their respective physical regimes in the
>past 100 years or so, but the search for one theory that "unifies" both
>has not been found.  Current leading candidates for this
>yet-to-be-discovered quantum gravity are "String Theory", "Loop Quantum
>Gravity", and "Spin Foam Gravity".  A very low level introduction will be
>given to General Relativity, Q.M. and I'll do my best to introduce the
>rest.  I will then talk a little about my research, which is in
>"Semiclassical Gravity", which is an approximation to quantum gravity.
>
>We are looking forward to see you there.
>
>
>Dr. Tatiana Allen
>UC Foundation Professor of Physics
>University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
>Tel: 423-425-4520, fax: 423-425-4683