U.S.-Korea Cooperative Research: Equilibrium and Non-Equilibrium Quantum Field Theory in Curved Space Time in the Schrodinger Picture

这项提案要求获得资金，以允许波士顿大学物理系皮素英博士与首尔国立大学物理系邝素素博士进行为期24个月的合作研究计划，研究薛定谔图像中弯曲时空中的平衡和非平衡量子场论。量子场论将在弯曲的时空中进行研究，例如Schwarzschild和Kerr黑洞流形，爱因斯坦和德西特宇宙，以及其他与非常早期的宇宙相关的各向异性模型。这个项目与许多宇宙学模型特别相关，在这些模型中，对称性破缺和温度变化引起的相变是重要的。美国和韩国的PI都是备受尊敬的科学家，几年来，他们一直致力于以互补的方法解决这一提案领域的问题。该项目与美韩合作科学计划的目标相关，该计划旨在通过交流科学信息、想法、技能和技术以及通过在互利问题上的合作来提高美国和韩国科学家和工程师之间的合作水平。

This proposal requests funds to permit Dr. So-Young Pi, Department of Physics, Boston University to pursue with Dr. Kwang Sup Soh, Department of Physics, Seoul National University, for a period of 24 months, a program of cooperative research on equilibrium and non-equilibrium quantum field theory in curved space-time in the Schrodinger picture. Quantum field theory will be studied in curved space-times, such as Schwarzschild and Kerr black hole manifolds, Einstein and de Sitter universes, and other anisotropic models which are relevant to the very early universe. This project is particularly relevant to many cosmological models where symmetry breaking and phase transitions induced by temperature change are important. The U. S. and Korean PI's are highly respected scientists who, for several years, have been engaged in complimentary approaches to the solution of problems in the field of this proposal. This project is relevant to the objectives of the U.S.-Korea Cooperative Science Program which seeks to increase the level of cooperation between U.S. and Korean scientists and engineers through the exchange of scientific information, ideas, skills, and techniques and through collaboration on problems of mutual benefit.