Charges and fluxes in cosmological backgrounds
Charges and fluxes in cosmological backgrounds
- Event time: 2:00pm until 3:00pm
- Event date: 13th December 2023
- Speaker: Marika Taylor (University of Southampton)
- Location: Higgs Centre Seminar Room, Room 4305, James Clerk Maxwell Building (JCMB) (James Clerk Maxwell Building (JCMB)) James Clerk Maxwell Building Peter Guthrie Tait Road Edinburgh EH9 3FD GB
Event details
Title:
Charges and fluxes in cosmological backgrounds
Abstract:
Following the detection of gravitational waves by the ground based LIGO detectors, space based experiments are planned to detect gravitational waves at different frequencies, both those associated with supermassive black holes and those produced in the early Universe. This talk will explore the definition of fluxes and charges in cosmological backgrounds, which is relevant to the theoretical understanding of gravitational waves in our Universe. We will begin by explaining the subtleties in defining charges in general relativity, and how these are addressed by an approach developed by Wald and collaborators. We will then extend this approach to de Sitter like cosmologies and explain how charges/fluxes can be defined in this context, illustrating with some physical examples.
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The Particle Physics Theory seminar is a weekly series of talks reflecting the diverse interests of the group. Topics include analytic and numerical calculations based on the Standard Model of elementary particle physics, theories exploring new physics, as well as more formal developments in gauge theories and gravity..