The revolutionary discovery of gravitational waves has opened an unprecedented experimental window into the Universe. The fact that the relevant physics is often out of equilibrium offers a golden opportunity for holography to make a unique impact on astrophysics and cosmology. I will review recent progress in this direction, with a focus on cosmological phase transitions. In particular, I will describe a recently discovered GW-production mechanism. I will also discuss a new holographic framework to describe strongly coupled matter coupled to dynamical gravity. If time permits, I will briefly mention possible applications to thermal inflation, primordial black holes, (p)reheating, baryogenesis, turbulence, cosmic strings and spacetime singularities. No prior knowledge of string theory or holography required.
Holography in the gravitational wave era
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zoom
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David Mateos (Barcelona)
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