For a Physics of Time

Time in physics has always been overlooked, if not outright denied. This often led to comprehension issues or veered research into dead-end directions. The problem became critically acute when attempts were made to develop a theory of quantum gravity, and this crisis is more alive today than ever. I don’t have a solution to overcome this impasse, but in this seminar, I would like to try to show a different way of viewing classical, quantum, and relativistic physics when time is no longer neglected. In particular, I would like to point out how thinking of time as a cut, rather than a duration, could open up new research perspectives.

Brief CV of Dr. Luigi Foschini:

Luigi Foschini is a researcher at the Brera Astronomical Observatory of the National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF). His research activity focuses on active galactic nuclei with relativistic jets and on the fundamentals of physics, with particular reference to the physics of time.