[Lunch Colloquium] Bas Janssens: Mirrors, Spin, and General Relativity

05 April 2023 12:45 till 13:30 - Location: Lecture Hall Chip | Add to my calendar

Spin groups describe how fermions transform under rotations, Pin groups describe how they transform under reflections. Although the Spin group is essentially unique, there exist no less than eight distinct Pin groups. We argue that only two of these are compatible with general relativity.