26–28 Sept 2018
Mainz Institute for Theoretical Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University
Europe/Berlin timezone

Wicked Metrics

28 Sept 2018, 11:45
45m
02.430 (Mainz Institute for Theoretical Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University)

02.430

Mainz Institute for Theoretical Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University

Staudingerweg 9 / 2nd floor, 55128 Mainz

Speaker

Prof. Roberto Percacci

Description

I will discuss various definitions of Wick rotation in a gravitational context and argue in favor of a definition where it is viewed as an analytic continuation of the metric. I will then show that also this definition has severe shortcomings. In particular, it may not always be possible to preserve the field Equations and the symmetries at global level.

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