Black holes, quantum entanglement, and the geometry of spacetime

Black holes, quantum entanglement, and the geometry of spacetime

Abstract: Black holes are by far the most entropic objects in the universe, and their enormous entropy directly connects the macroscopic world governed by general relativity to the Planck scale governed by quantum gravity. It turns out that they are just a piece of a much larger and richer story, hinting that, despite the notorious difficulty of quantizing gravity, quantum entanglement and spacetime geometry may actually be two sides of the same coin. I’ll explain these connections, and along the way try to answer the question: Is Newton’s constant really equal to 1?

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Date

13 January 2026
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Time

11h00 – 12h30

Location

Amphi Claude Bloch, Bât. 774
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