Positivity with Gravity

25.05.2021 16:00 - 17:00

Claudia de Rham (Imperial College London)

NB: Der Vortrag ist auf 16:00 verschoben!

 

Abstract:

In standard effective field theories, the notion of causality is intrinsically linked with that of subluminality and with a set of positivity constraints to be imposed on the low-energy scattering amplitudes.

I will highlight how the presence of gravity leads to a more subtle relation between causality, (sub)luminality and positivity bounds. These considerations are relevant for putting constraints on cosmological and gravitational effective field theories and I will provide explicit criteria to be satisfied so as to ensure causality and a standard high energy completion in gravitational effective field theories. 

https://tuwien.zoom.us/j/95482849369?pwd=SkU2WU5hMVJBQWsyVlFXRlRvQlIvdz09

Organiser:
TU Wien und Mathematische Physik (Fakultät für Physik)
Location:
Zoom Meeting