26–31 May 2024
Western University
America/Toronto timezone
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(G*) Semiclassical geometrodynamics of homogeneous cosmology

27 May 2024, 14:30
15m
PAB Rm 148 (cap. 96) (Physics & Astronomy Bldg., Western U.)

PAB Rm 148 (cap. 96)

Physics & Astronomy Bldg., Western U.

Oral Competition (Graduate Student) / Compétition orale (Étudiant(e) du 2e ou 3e cycle) Theoretical Physics / Physique théorique (DTP-DPT) (DTP) M2-2 Gravity and Cosmology | Gravité et cosmologie (DPT)

Speaker

Muhammad Muzammil (University of New Brunswick)

Description

We study the classical-quantum (CQ) hybrid dynamics of homogeneous cosmology from a Hamiltonian perspective where the classical gravitational phase space variables and matter state evolve self-consistently with full backreaction. We compare numerically the classical and CQ dynamics for isotropic and anisotropic models, including quantum scalar-field induced corrections to the Kasner exponents. Our results indicate that full backreaction effects leave traces at late times in cosmological evolution; in particular, the scalar energy density at late times provides a potential contribution to dark energy. We also show that the CQ equations admit exact static solutions for the isotropic, and the anisotropic Bianchi IX universes with the scalar field in a stationary state.

Keyword-1 Semiclassical Gravity
Keyword-2 Canonical QG

Primary author

Muhammad Muzammil (University of New Brunswick)

Co-author

Viqar Husain (University of New Brunswick)

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