[Astro] [CAPT] Particle Cosmology and Gravity Seminar this week: Alex Jenkins from Kavli (Cambridge)

[Swagat Mishra]

Dear All,
             We have Alex Jenkins visiting from Cambridge this week to deliver the seminar. The details are as follows -

Speaker: Alex Jenkins (Kavli Institute for Cosmology, Cambridge)

Seminar Date: 12th November, Tuesday 1.00 pm

 Venue: Seminar Room A 113  (Cripps North Building)

 Title:  Cold-atom analogues for vacuum decay

Abstract: False vacuum decay plays a pivotal role in many models of particle physics and the early Universe. However, we lack a satisfying theoretical understanding of this process, with existing approaches working only in imaginary (Euclidean) time, and relying on assumptions that have yet to be empirically tested. In this talk, I will describe ongoing efforts to simulate vacuum decay in tabletop experiments, using ultra-cold atomic condensates which mimic the behaviour of relativistic quantum fields. I will present recent theoretical work to understand this analogy using semiclassical lattice simulations, and will discuss opportunities and challenges for realising these analogues in the laboratory.

Link to join: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_OGM3OTk5NzQtZWEwZS00ZmUyLTk3MGUtZjFhY2M5OTU2MjI1%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%2267bda7ee-fd80-41ef-ac91-358418290a1e%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22f3250584-4b5f-48fa-a897-08e77f2246b7%22%7d
List of Upcoming Seminars

.   12 Nov | Alex Jenkins (UCL) | Quantum Matter, Analogue Gravity
·   19 Nov |  Bjoern Friedrich (Heidelberg) | String Phenomenology
·    26 Nov | Tamara Evstafyeva (DAMTP Cambridge) | Gravitational Waves
·    03 Dec | Emma Albertini (Imperial College London) | Gravity, Scattering Amplitudes
·    10 Dec | Bruno (Imperial College London) | Higgs Mechanism in Plebanski Gravity

With Regards,
-Swagat





Swagat Saurav Mishra,

Postdoctoral Research Associate

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Particle Cosmology Group,

Centre for Astronomy and Particle Theory,

University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK.

Website: https://swagatam18.wordpress.com/

Research Link:https://inspirehep.net/authors/1517353

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