5–7 nov. 2025
Université de Montpellier
Fuseau horaire Europe/Paris

The Open Effective Field Theory of Dark Energy

6 nov. 2025, 12:10
20m
Amphithéâtre de physique, bâtiment 20 (Université de Montpellier)

Amphithéâtre de physique, bâtiment 20

Université de Montpellier

Université de Montpellier, campus Triolet Parvis Alexander Grothendieck 34095 Montpellier Zoom link: https://umontpellier-fr.zoom.us/j/5653271803?pwd=bVRSTi9wMW9BTkE0WDEyalFEQlVIdz09

Orateur

Dr Thomas Colas (DAMTP - University of Cambridge)

Description

Open effective field theories seek to incorporate dissipation and noise into our effective descriptions of gravity. These effects arise from the incomplete modelling of unknown components, which can significantly alter the dynamics of observable degrees of freedom. In this talk, I will introduce a framework that extends the standard effective field theory of dark energy, recovering it as a limit while incorporating local dissipation and noise. I will explore the resulting phenomenology in the scalar and tensor sectors, with a focus on the potential observational signatures of these effects. This construction provides a natural embedding for interacting dark energy models and establishes a versatile framework to investigate dissipative and stochastic effects in cosmology.

Auteur

Dr Thomas Colas (DAMTP - University of Cambridge)

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