December 11, 2024
Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, UCM
Europe/Madrid timezone

Cosmological production of dark matter in the Universe and in the laboratory

Dec 11, 2024, 11:40 AM
10m
Aula Magna M1 (Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, UCM)

Aula Magna M1

Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, UCM

Plaza de Ciencias, 1, 28040 Madrid

Speaker

Mr Álvaro Parra-López

Description

This work explores cosmological particle production within Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetimes, focusing on its potential as a dark matter production mechanism. It also investigates the use of Bose-Einstein condensates to simulate this process. The study examines how particles are generated from the vacuum due to spacetime dynamics, especially during periods of inflation in the early Universe. Our work suggests that cosmological particle production could explain dark matter abundance and presents experimental results supporting analog gravity as a tool for understanding quantum field effects in curved spacetime. Future research will explore Higgs inflation and further aspects of entanglement and curvature in these contexts.

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