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Phymaths podcast # 40 || Dr. John Donoghue
Dr. John Donoghue is a theoretical physicist at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is well known for his work on effective field theories of gravity. He has also co-authored two books (links given below).
Some links
1) Dynamics of the standard model: https://www.amazon.com/Dynamics-Standard-Cambridge-Monographs-Cosmology/dp/0521476526
2) A prelude to Quantum Field Theory: https://www.amazon.com/Prelude-Quantum-Field-Theory/dp/0691223483
3) List of Dr. Donoghue's works: https://inspirehep.net/authors/1011544
4) Link to the high energy physics resources page on my website: https://hassaansaleem.com/graduate-level-theoretical-physics-resources-in-progress/
Contact Info
My website: hassaansaleem.com
Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hassaan.3142/
Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Hassaan_PHY
Time stamps
(0:00) Coming Up
(0:20) Intro
(0:36) Introduction of the guest
(0:56) His 'prelude to QFT' book
(6:06) What made him do the 1994 calculation?
(10:34) Influence of the 'thooft-Veltman paper
(14:15) Using the (+ - - -) metric
(15:55) His work on avoiding singularity and its inconclusiveness
(20:09) Is the BGV theorem valid in modified gravity?
(21:46) Why people are still working on asymptotic safety?
(27:49) Is the fixed point a CFT?
(29:01) Won't the field theory description break down?
(31:12) (People's question) Using machine learning in QFT
(33:16) (People's question) Measuring the corrections to Einstein's equation
(38:17) (People's question) Why quantize gravity?
(42:28) (People's question) Gravity without spacetime
(43:36) (People's question) Tackling hard problems in Ph.D.
(49:31) (People's question) How to select Ph.D. students?
(52:31) (People's question) What problems he wants solved?
(55:26) (People's question) Using holography for EFTs
(56:45) (People's question) Nonuniversality of lightcones
(59:23) (People's question) Probing black holes using EFTs
(1:01:37) Goodbye
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By Hassaan SaleemDr. John Donoghue is a theoretical physicist at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is well known for his work on effective field theories of gravity. He has also co-authored two books (links given below).
Some links
1) Dynamics of the standard model: https://www.amazon.com/Dynamics-Standard-Cambridge-Monographs-Cosmology/dp/0521476526
2) A prelude to Quantum Field Theory: https://www.amazon.com/Prelude-Quantum-Field-Theory/dp/0691223483
3) List of Dr. Donoghue's works: https://inspirehep.net/authors/1011544
4) Link to the high energy physics resources page on my website: https://hassaansaleem.com/graduate-level-theoretical-physics-resources-in-progress/
Contact Info
My website: hassaansaleem.com
Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hassaan.3142/
Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Hassaan_PHY
Time stamps
(0:00) Coming Up
(0:20) Intro
(0:36) Introduction of the guest
(0:56) His 'prelude to QFT' book
(6:06) What made him do the 1994 calculation?
(10:34) Influence of the 'thooft-Veltman paper
(14:15) Using the (+ - - -) metric
(15:55) His work on avoiding singularity and its inconclusiveness
(20:09) Is the BGV theorem valid in modified gravity?
(21:46) Why people are still working on asymptotic safety?
(27:49) Is the fixed point a CFT?
(29:01) Won't the field theory description break down?
(31:12) (People's question) Using machine learning in QFT
(33:16) (People's question) Measuring the corrections to Einstein's equation
(38:17) (People's question) Why quantize gravity?
(42:28) (People's question) Gravity without spacetime
(43:36) (People's question) Tackling hard problems in Ph.D.
(49:31) (People's question) How to select Ph.D. students?
(52:31) (People's question) What problems he wants solved?
(55:26) (People's question) Using holography for EFTs
(56:45) (People's question) Nonuniversality of lightcones
(59:23) (People's question) Probing black holes using EFTs
(1:01:37) Goodbye