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Description | Speaker: Hofie Hannesdottir Title: What can be measured asymptotically? Room: 3024 Host: Luty Abstract: Abstract: We consider asymptotic observables in quantum field theories in which the S-matrix makes sense. We argue that in addition to scattering amplitudes, a whole compendium of inclusive observables exists where the time ordering is relaxed. These include expectation values of electromagnetic or gravitational radiation fields as well as out-of-time-order amplitudes. We explain how to calculate them in different ways: by relating them to amplitudes and products of amplitudes and by using a generalization of the LSZ reduction formula. Finally, we discuss how to relate them to one another through new versions of crossing symmetry. As an application, we discuss one-loop contributions to gravitational radiation in the post-Minkowski expansion, emphasizing the role of classical cut contributions and highlighting the infrared physics of in-in observables. June 3, 2024 |
Date | Mon, June 3, 2024 |
Time | 1:30pm-3:00pm PDT |
Duration | 1 hour 30 minutes |
Access | Public |
Created by | High-Energy Seminars |
Updated | Wed, June 5, 2024 1:16pm PDT |
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