通俗演講 Colloquium

Title

Wave particle duality revisited: Picard-Lefschetz interpretation in astrophysics, quantum cosmology and beyond

Speaker

彭威禮所長 (中央研究院天文及天文物理所)

Director Ue-Li Pen (Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica)

Abstract

Path integrals are defining features of wave optics and quantum mechanics. I present recent generalizations of classical lensing and more general path integrals in the framework of Picard-Lefschetz theory, interpreting wave/quantum phenomena as interferences of complex classical paths in real time. This picture provides a simple explanation for previously complex scintillation phenomena.

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Language

演講語言 (Language): in English

Hosted by

張嘉升 研究員兼所長
Chang, Chia-Seng / Research Fellow& Director