UK-QFT XIV

Session

I

26 Nov 2025, 10:00

Physics Building, C14 (University of Nottingham)

9. Matter Sourced Bubble Nucleation in the Asymmetron Scalar-Tensor Theory

Usama Syed Aqeel (University of Nottingham)

26/11/2025, 10:00

Talk

We investigate how matter density distributions affect thin-wall bubble formation in the asymmetron mechanism, a scalar–tensor theory with a universal coupling to matter and explicit symmetry-breaking, and analyse the stability of its metastable state. We show that the screening mechanism of the asymmetron inside dense objects induces a surface tension associated with the boundary of the...

3. Quantum Corrections to Fifth Forces

Michael Udemba (University of Manchester)

26/11/2025, 10:25

Talk

Non-linear scalar-tensor theories of modified gravity may explain observations attributed to dark matter and dark energy. Much is understood of their classical properties, but their quantum nature is relatively unexplored. We discuss a Green's function method for obtaining the leading order quantum corrections to the classical symmetron field in the vicinity of a spherically symmetric extended...

17. Hawking radiation from double-copy

Karthik Rajeev (University of Edinburgh)

26/11/2025, 10:50

Talk

Gravity and gauge theory are connected in a precise way through the double copy correspondence. While this relationship has been extensively explored in the context of perturbative scattering in vacuum, much less is understood about its non-perturbative features or its extensions to nontrivial backgrounds. In this work, we demonstrate how Hawking radiation in a collapsing spacetime—along with...