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Real-time quantum dynamics, path integrals and the method of thimbles (2019)
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Mou, Z., Saffin, P. M., Tranberg, A., & Woodward, S. (2019). Real-time quantum dynamics, path integrals and the method of thimbles. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2019(6), https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep06%282019%29094

Direct numerical evaluation of the real-time path integral has a well-known sign problem that makes convergence exponentially slow. One promising remedy is to use Picard-Lefschetz theory to flow the domain of the field variables into the complex plan... Read More about Real-time quantum dynamics, path integrals and the method of thimbles.

Well-tempered cosmology (2019)
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Emond, W. T., Li, C., Saffin, P. M., & Zhou, S. (2019). Well-tempered cosmology. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2019(05), https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2019/05/038

We examine an approach to cosmology, known as Well-Tempering, that allows for a de Sitter phase whose expansion is independent of the cosmological constant. Starting from a generic scalar-tensor theory compatible with the recent gravitational wave ob... Read More about Well-tempered cosmology.

Dark Energy after GW170817 Revisited (2019)
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Copeland, E. J., Kopp, M., Padilla, A., Saffin, P. M., & Skordis, C. (2019). Dark Energy after GW170817 Revisited. Physical Review Letters, 122(6), Article 061301. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.122.061301

We revisit the status of scalar-tensor theories with applications to dark energy in the aftermath of the gravitational wave signal GW170817 and its optical counterpart GRB170817A. At the level of the cosmological background, we identify a class of th... Read More about Dark Energy after GW170817 Revisited.

Higher order clockwork gravity (2018)
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Niedermann, F., Padilla, A., & Saffin, P. M. (2018). Higher order clockwork gravity. Physical Review D, 98(10), Article 104014. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.98.104014

We present a higher order generalisation of the clockwork mechanism starting from an underlying non-linear multigravity theory with a single scale and nearest neighbour ghost-free interactions. Without introducing any hierarchies in the underlying po... Read More about Higher order clockwork gravity.

Boltzmann equations for preheating (2018)
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Emond, W. T., Millington, P., & Saffin, P. M. (2018). Boltzmann equations for preheating. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2018(09), doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2018/09/041

We derive quantum Boltzmann equations for preheating by means of the density matrix formalism, which account for both the non-adiabatic particle production and the leading collisional processes between the produced particles. In so doing, we illustra... Read More about Boltzmann equations for preheating.

Rotating kinky braneworlds (2018)
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Niedermann, F., & Saffin, P. M. (2018). Rotating kinky braneworlds. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2018(7), Article 183. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep07%282018%29183

Cylindrical braneworlds have been used in the literature as a convenient way to resolve co-dimension-two branes. They are prevented from collapsing by a massless worldvolume field with non-trivial winding, but here we discuss another way of preventin... Read More about Rotating kinky braneworlds.

Simulations of cold electroweak baryogenesis: dependence on the source of CP-violation (2018)
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Mou, Z., Saffin, P. M., & Tranberg, A. (2018). Simulations of cold electroweak baryogenesis: dependence on the source of CP-violation. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2018(5), Article 197. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP05%282018%29197

We compute the baryon asymmetry created in a tachyonic electroweak symmetry breaking transition, focusing on the dependence on the source of effective CP-violation. Earlier simulations of Cold Electroweak Baryogenesis have almost exclusively consider... Read More about Simulations of cold electroweak baryogenesis: dependence on the source of CP-violation.

Simulations of Cold Electroweak Baryogenesis: quench from portal coupling to new singlet field (2018)
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Mou, Z., Saffin, P. M., & Tranberg, A. (2018). Simulations of Cold Electroweak Baryogenesis: quench from portal coupling to new singlet field. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2018(1), Article 103. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP01%282018%29103

We compute the baryon asymmetry generated from Cold Electroweak Baryogenesis, when a dynamical Beyond-the-Standard-Model scalar singlet field triggers the spinodal transition. Using a simple potential for this additional field, we match the speed of... Read More about Simulations of Cold Electroweak Baryogenesis: quench from portal coupling to new singlet field.

Recrudescence of massive fermion production by oscillons (2017)
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Saffin, P. M. (in press). Recrudescence of massive fermion production by oscillons. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2017(7), Article 126. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07%282017%29126

We bring together the physics of preheating, following a period of inflation, and the dynamics of non-topological solitons, namely oscillons. We show that the oscillating condensate that makes up an oscillon can be an efficient engine for producing h... Read More about Recrudescence of massive fermion production by oscillons.

Simulations of “tunnelling of the 3rd kind” (2017)
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Mou, Z., Saffin, P. M., Tognarelli, P., & Tranberg, A. (2017). Simulations of “tunnelling of the 3rd kind”. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2017(7), https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07%282017%29015

We consider the phenomenon of ``tunnelling of the 3rd kind" \cite{third}, whereby a magnetic field may traverse a classically impenetrable barrier by pair creation of unimpeded quantum fermions. These propagate through the barrier and generate a magn... Read More about Simulations of “tunnelling of the 3rd kind”.