Departmental Oral Examination (Thesis Title: "Aspects of quantum information theory in guantum field theory and gravity")

Event Start:
2019-05-07T10:00:00
Event End:
2019-05-07T12:00:00
Event Information:

Abstract:
We discuss applications of quantum information theoretic concepts to quantum gravity and the low-energy regime of quantum field theories.

The first part of this thesis is concerned with how quantum information spreads in four-dimensional scattering experiments for theories coupled to quantum electro- dynamics or perturbative quantum gravity. In these cases, every scattering process is accompanied by the emission of an infinite number of soft photons or gravi-tons, which cause infrared divergences in the calculation of scattering probabilities.

Event Location:
Room 318, Hennings Bldg
Speaker:
DOMINIK NEUENFELD
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Add to Calendar Event Start: 2019-05-07T10:00:00 Event End: 2019-05-07T12:00:00 Departmental Oral Examination (Thesis Title: "Aspects of quantum information theory in guantum field theory and gravity") Event Information: Abstract: We discuss applications of quantum information theoretic concepts to quantum gravity and the low-energy regime of quantum field theories. The first part of this thesis is concerned with how quantum information spreads in four-dimensional scattering experiments for theories coupled to quantum electro- dynamics or perturbative quantum gravity. In these cases, every scattering process is accompanied by the emission of an infinite number of soft photons or gravi-tons, which cause infrared divergences in the calculation of scattering probabilities. Event Location: Room 318, Hennings Bldg

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