Decoherence of Matter by Infrared Radiation
Event Date:
2022-11-07T11:00:00
2022-11-07T12:00:00
Event Location:
HENN 318
Speaker:
Dr. Colby Delisle, University of British Columbia
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Intended Audience:
Graduate
Local Contact:
Mervyn Chan (mervync@phas.ubc.ca)
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Abstract:
In this talk, I will discuss how matter systems can lose quantum coherence by interacting with an environment consisting of low-energy photons or gravitons. This process will be illustrated using a simple model of an interferometry experiment. I'll focus particularly on how earlier results - which identified a relationship between "soft" photons/gravitons and boundary terms in the electromagnetic and gravitational matter currents - allows one to easily quantify precisely how much decoherence is caused by "leading" and "sub-leading" soft radiation.
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2022-11-07T11:00:00
2022-11-07T12:00:00
Decoherence of Matter by Infrared Radiation
Event Information:
Abstract:
In this talk, I will discuss how matter systems can lose quantum coherence by interacting with an environment consisting of low-energy photons or gravitons. This process will be illustrated using a simple model of an interferometry experiment. I'll focus particularly on how earlier results - which identified a relationship between "soft" photons/gravitons and boundary terms in the electromagnetic and gravitational matter currents - allows one to easily quantify precisely how much decoherence is caused by "leading" and "sub-leading" soft radiation.
Event Location:
HENN 318