Location
MC 5479
Candidate
Boris Ragula | Applied Mathematics, University of Waterloo
Title
Numerical Dynamics of Quantum Field Theory and Relativistic Quantum Information Detector Models
Abstract
Quantum field theory and general relativity are two of the most successful frameworks in modern physics, describing matter at microscopic scales and gravitation as the dynamics of spacetime geometry. However, understanding the interplay between quantum matter, gravity, and localized relativistic probes remains conceptually and computationally challenging. This proposal develops numerical methods for studying quantum fields in regimes where analytic and perturbative techniques are limited. There methods are primarily focused on better understanding the semiclassical regime, where we have an effective description of the interplay between quantum field theory and general relativity, and second on nonperturbative methods of evolving Unruh-DeWitt particle detectors as a tool in relativistic quantum information.