Seminar / Workshop
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Are there singularities in our universe?
5 November 2025, start time 14:00 - 16:30
Ferrari 1 Building, Via Sommarive 5, Povo (Trento)
Room A206
Free
Organizer: Department of Mathematics
Target audience: University community
Referent: V. Agostiniani, A. Oneto, A. Pinamonti, E. Postinghel, M. Stanojkovski
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Speaker: Eleni-Alexandra Kontou (King's College London)
14:00-14:45 Q&A "Postgraduate studies in the UK"
15:00-16:00 Colloquium " Are there singularities in our universe?"
Absract: Singularities are usually defined as points of infinite density where our understanding of physical law breaks down. In this talk, I will present the different definitions of a singularity and the famous singularity theorems of Penrose and Hawking. Then I will provide motivation to develop theorems that are applicable to quantum matter and derive some recent results in that direction. Finally, I will discuss some general ideas about singularities and their role as well as open questions in general relativity and quantum gravity.
16:00:-16:30 Coffee break