15–16 Dec 2022
Centre for Particle Theory, Durham
Europe/London timezone

How to find the Feynman Rules from any scalar-tensor theory and not cry in the process

15 Dec 2022, 16:00
30m
Ph8 (zoom room 1) (Centre for Particle Theory, Durham)

Ph8 (zoom room 1)

Centre for Particle Theory, Durham

Department of Physics Durham University South Road Durham DH1 3LE
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Speaker

Sergio Sevillano Muñoz (University of Nottingham)

Description

The ability to represent perturbative expansions of interacting quantum field theories in terms of simple diagrammatic rules has revolutionised calculations in particle physics. However, in the case of extended theories of gravity, deriving this set of rules requires linearization of gravity, perturbation of the scalar fields and multiple field redefinitions, making this process very time-consuming and model dependent. In this talk, I will motivate and present FeynMG, a Mathematica extension of FeynRules that automatizes this calculation, allowing for the application of quantum field theory techniques to scalar-tensor theories.

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Primary author

Sergio Sevillano Muñoz (University of Nottingham)

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