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SUMMARY:Quantum simulators for fundamental physics - Silke Weinfurtner
DTSTART:20200212T141500Z
DTEND:20200212T151500Z
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CONTACT:Michalis Agathos
DESCRIPTION:The dynamics of the early universe and black holes are fundame
 ntal reflections of the interplay between general relativity and quantum f
 ields. The essential physical processes occur in situations that are diffi
 cult to observe and impossible to experiment with: when gravitational inte
 ractions are strong\, quantum effects are important\, and theoretical pred
 ictions for these regimes are based on major extrapolations of laboratory-
 tested physics. \n\nWe will discuss the possibility to study these process
 es in experiments by employing analogue quantum simulators – systems who
 se excitations behave like quantum fields in a spacetime background. Their
  high degree of tunability\, in terms of dynamics\, effective geometry\, a
 nd field theoretical description\, allows one to emulate a wide range of e
 lusive physical phenomena in a controlled laboratory setting. We will disc
 uss recent developments in this area of research related to black hole spe
 ctroscopy and the false vacuum decay. 
LOCATION:MR2\, Centre for Mathematical Sciences
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