Nonequilibrium in QFT-Inflation, Decoherence, Baryogenesis

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Michael G. Schmidt
• Subject Area: Nuclear and Elementary Particle Physics, Quantum Mechanics, Relativity, Fields
• Term: from 2010 to 2015
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 178052499

Two (partially related) research projects are planed: to work out Baym-Kadanoff equations (including renormalization) and their solution with perspectives (i) in the discussion of decoherence and entropy in non-equilibrium thermodynamics (ii) in applications in models of cosmic fluctuations generated in an inflationary period (iii) in application in models for baryogenesis. Secondly the “worldline“ method should be developed to obtain higher orders in the derivative expansion, in particular CP violating terms

• DFG Programme: Research Grants