FAU^2 Mini-Workshop on Loop Quantum Gravity

Session

Session 2

2 May 2023, 16:45

ECAP Laboratory Building

1. A master equation for gravitationally induced decoherence of a scalar field using Ashtekar variables

Max Joseph Fahn

02/05/2023, 16:45

In the talk, we present the derivation of a decoherence model
containing a scalar field coupled to a gravitational environment. With such models the influence of the quantum gravitational environment on the scalar field’s dynamics can be analysed. Starting with full general relativity in Ashtekar's connection formulation, we focus on weak gravitational interactions in an asymptotically flat...