Théorie

Black hole information loss and the measurement problem in quantum theory

We will briefly review the issue of "information loss" during the Hawking evaporation of a black hole, and argue that the quantum dynamical reduction theories, which have been developed to address the  measurement problem in quantum mechanics,  possess the elements to diffuse the ``paradox”  at the qualitative and at the quantitative level, leading to what seems to be an overall coherent picture.

 

Factorization of IR Dynamics: Soft Black Hole Hair as Soft Wigs

Conserved charges associated with large gauge symmetries and Bondi-Metzer-Sachs symmetries of asymptotically Minkowski spacetime have been recently shown to give new "soft hair" for black holes --beyond mass, charge and angular momentum.  In this talk, I will outline a study of the constraint on dynamics due to these new symmetries. I will prove that they only constrain long-time, infrared dynamics, in a way that is completely factorizable. Factorization implies in particular that soft hair does not constrain the ``hard" physical processes that account for black hole microstates.

Post-Newtonian order gravitational radiation

Post-Newtonian theory enables us to predict the waveform of the gravitational waves emitted by a system of two compact objects coalescing in its inspiral phase. State-of-the-art works provide the phase of the expected signal up to 3.5PN (i.e. up to 1/c^7). Comparison with numerical relativity, as well as the promising evolution of gravitational wave detectors incite us to pursue this computation to a higher order. In our current attempt, we are reaching the phase of the signal at the 4.5PN order (i.e. 1/c^9). For this purpose, the flux emitted by such a system has to be known at 4.5PN.

Revisiting supernova neutrino phenomenology with non-standard neutrino self-interactions

Neutrino self-interactions are known to lead to non-linear collective flavor oscillations in a core-collapse supernova. In this talk, I will point out new possible effects of non-standard self-interactions (NSSI) of neutrinos on flavor conversions in a two-flavor framework. I will show that, for a single-energy neutrino-antineutrino ensemble, a flavor instability is generated even in normal hierarchy for large enough NSSI.

Consistency relations of the large scale structure and how to break them

Upcoming cosmological experiments intend to exploit the large scale structure of the Universe to get a better understanding of the observed cosmic acceleration. By measuring the power spectrum, one can constrain the equation of state of dark energy, and galaxy surveys promise great improvement over the current constraints. Galaxy surveys can also be used to gather cosmological information beyond cosmic acceleration. For example, one can derive consistency relations that can relate the bispectrum to the power spectrum for example.

Dark energy without dark energy: Observational tests and theoretical challenges

I will give an overview of the timescape cosmology. It is assumed that inhomogeneities - voids, walls and filaments - modify the average background geometry of the universe, which is no longer a simple solution of Einstein's equations with homogeneous dust. To obtain a viable phenomenology without dark energy, I provide a framework for interpreting Buchert's backreaction formalism, by revisiting fundamental issues relating to the definition of gravitational energy in a complex geometry. Cosmic acceleration is realized as an apparent effect due both to backreaction

Anisotropy of the astrophysical gravitational wave background: analytic expression of the angular power spectrum and correlation with cosmological observations

Unresolved sources of gravitational waves are at the origin of the existence of a stochastic gravitational wave background. While the computation of is mean density as a function of frequency in a homogeneous and isotropy universe is standard lore, the computation of its anisotropies requires to understand the coarse graining from local systems, to galactic scales and then to cosmology.  We derive an expression of the gravitational wave energy density valid in any general spacetime.

Long lived light scalar in the minimal left-right symmetric model

In the minimal left-right symmetric model which could accommodate the tiny neutrino masses via TeV seesaw mechanism, the neutral scalar from the right-handed symmetry breaking sector could be much lighter than the electroweak scale. We discuss the constraints on this particle from low-energy flavor observables, e.g. meson oscillations and rare decays, and find that such a light particle is necessarily long-lived, and can be searched for at the LHC via displaced signals of a collimated photon jet, if its mass is of order GeV scale.

Stueckelberg massive electromagnetism in de Sitter and anti-de Sitter spacetimes: Two-point functions and renormalized stress-energy tensors

 We discuss Stueckelberg massive electromagnetism on an arbitrary four-dimensional curved spacetime. By considering Hadamard vacuum states, we construct the two-point functions associated with Stueckelberg massive electromagnetism in de Sitter and anti-de Sitter spacetimes. We present the Hadamard renormalization of the expectation value of the stress-energy-tensor operator, and we provide its explicit expression for the Stueckelberg theory.

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