Joint cosmology seminar at Tufts:

Wednesday, December 4, 2019, 2:30 pm
574 Boston Ave, Room 310
Tufts University
Refreshments at 2:00 outside room 304

A Classical-Quantum Correspondence

Tanmay Vachsapati
Arizona State

Abstract:

We show that certain quantum systems in non-trivial classical backgrounds can be mapped into entirely classical systems in higher dimensions. The evolution of the classical system can be used to obtain the particle production rate as well as the quantum backreaction on the classical background. The technique has many potential applications, including breather/oscillon dynamics and black hole Hawking radiation and evaporation.