Phymaths podcast # 38 || Dr. Cliff Burgess

Description
Dr. Cliff Burgess is a theoretical physicist at McMaster University and Perimeter Institute. He works on string theory, quantum gravity, cosmology, dark matter, and occasionally condensed matter physics. He did his Ph.D. from UT Austin, Texas, in 1985 under the supervision of Dr. Steven Weinberg. The list of his works can be seen below.

Some links
1) Dr. Burgess' Twitter profile:   / cburgescliff  
2) Dr. Burgess' list of works: https://inspirehep.net/authors/101495...
3) PhyMaths podcast playlist:    • PhyMaths Podcast  
4) Link to the high energy physics resources page on my website: https://hassaansaleem.com/graduate-le...

Contact Info
My website: hassaansaleem.com
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Time stamps
0:00 Coming Up
0:16 Intro
0:34 Introduction of the guest
1:30 Weinberg as an advisor
6:15 No papers with Weinberg
8:06 Weinberg's notation and conventions
12:03 How he chose his Ph.D. topic
14:42 What you don't know and what nobody knows
19:15 Enthusiasm for Effective Field Theory (EFT)
23:31 John Donoghue's work
25:50 Getting deSitter in string theory
31:53 On modifying gravity
36:09 Inflation models
43:36 His work on quantum Hall effect
51:38 His experience of writing textbooks
56:17 Favorite interpretation of quantum mechanics?
58:04 People's questions
1:08:50 His reaction to the accelerating universe
1:14:22 People's questions (continued)

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