Title: AD GRAVITAS: An exploration of the Unruh effect in particle physics Abstract: The incorporation of classical general relativity into the framework of quantum field theory yielded a rather surprising result — thermodynamic particle production. In short, for… Read More

Title: A topologically massive double copy Abstract: While gravity and gauge theories appear to be unrelated theories, it is possible to obtain gravitational amplitudes as the “square” of gauge theory ones. This relation, dubbed the double copy, is… Read More

Title: Studies of the D0-matrix models at low temperatures  Abstract: I will describe the low energy limit of the D0-matrix models and their gravitational interpretations. I will show that in low energies it is possible to obtain a confined,… Read More

Title: Open EFTs and Decoherence of Primordial Fluctuations Abstract: Inflationary models famously provide a quantum origin for the primordial fluctuations that are observed in structure formation and the cosmic microwave background, and efforts are being made to see… Read More

Title: Aspects of Dark Matter Effective Field Theories Abstract: Dark matter direct detection is an ideal setting for effective field theory (EFT) techniques. After a quick review of direct detection, I will discuss the various effective field theories… Read More