13–17 Mar 2023
ECT*
Europe/Rome timezone

A dynamical inflaton coupled to strongly interacting matter

14 Mar 2023, 16:10
20m
Aula Renzo Leonardi (ECT*)

Aula Renzo Leonardi

ECT*

Strada delle Tabarelle 286, I-38123 Villazzano (Trento)

Speaker

Wilke van der Schee (CERN)

Description

In talk I will show how to self-consistently couple the Einstein-inflaton equations to a strongly coupled quantum field theory (QFT) as described by holography. We show that this can lead to an inflating universe, a reheating phase and finally a universe dominated by the QFT in thermal equilibrium. Special attention will be given to technical details that could be of relevance for modelling of more general holographic set-ups that for instance include charge

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