2022 CAP Congress / Congrès de l'ACP 2022

(G*) Interaction of Gravitational waves with Yang-Mills waves

8 Jun 2022, 14:15

15m

MDCL 1016 (McMaster University)

Oral Competition (Graduate Student) / Compétition orale (Étudiant(e) du 2e ou 3e cycle) Theoretical Physics / Physique théorique (DTP-DPT) W2-2 Fields, Particles, and Strings II (DTP) | Champs, particules et cordes II (DPT)

Speaker

Narasimha Gosala (University of Lethbridge)

Description

Gravitational waves (GWs) provide a new window to observe the universe. Detecting GWs requires an understanding of the interaction of GWs with the matter. In this view, we discuss the interaction of gravitational waves with SU(2) Yang-Mills waves. In particular, we discuss how a Yang-Mills wave gets modified in the background of a gravitational wave. We also discuss some of the implications of the results in Early universe cosmology