Ivette Fuentes is a leading theoretical physicist specializing in quantum information and quantum gravity, holding a PhD from Imperial College London. Ivette is currently collaborating with Sir Roger Penrose on groundbreaking research exploring the intersection of quantum mechanics and general relativity, particularly focusing on the role of quantum effects in the nature of spacetime.
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Episode Links:
- Curt on Julian Dorey’s podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1mKNGo9JLQ
- Ivette’s first paper on Seyfert galaxies: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1086/311925/pdf
- Ivette’s paper (Alice falls into a black hole): https://arxiv.org/pdf/quant-ph/0410172
- Part 1 of Ivette’s papers on confined quantum scalar fields: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1811.10507
- Multiverse Ivette Fuentes: Roger Penrose on LIGO controversy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoR_WbACfPo
- Women in Maths - Ivette Fuentes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5ASV7NWn38
Presentation Links:
- Spacetime effects on satellite-based quantum communications: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1309.3088
- Testing the effects of gravity and motion on quantum entanglement in space-based experiments: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1306.1933
- Resolving the gravitational redshift within a millimeter atomic sample: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2109.12238
- Motion and gravity effects in the precision of quantum clocks: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1409.4235
- Gravitational time dilation in extended quantum systems: the case of light clocks in Schwarzschild spacetime: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2204.07869
- Exploring the unification of quantum theory and general relativity with a Bose-Einstein condensate: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1812.04630
- A trapped atom interferometer with ultracold Sr atoms: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1609.06092
Quantum Frequency Interferometry: with applications ranging from gravitational wave detection to dark matter searches: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2103.02618
Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
01:20 - Unification in Physics
04:15 - Ivette’s Background
21:00 - Fundamental Questions Unanswered
23:54 - Quantum Theory and Relativity
30:17 - Superpositions
33:49 - Using Technology to Develop New Theories
39:08 - Exploring Large and Small Scales
48:32 - Long Range Experiments / Quantum Teleportation
57:36 - Quantum Clocks
01:06:46 - Relativistic Quantum Clock Model
01:13:57 - Does Gravity Collapse the Superposition?
01:17:18 - Where the Field is Now
01:22:04 - Bose-Einstein Condenstate
01:26:11 - New Device: Atom Interferometer
01:37:38 - Testing Ivette’s Predictions
01:38:53 - Outro / Support TOE
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