Speaker
Description
Hawking radiation is a quantum phenomenon arising from event horizons but is probably impossible to observe in its original astrophysical context. An alternative is to study an analogue system such as a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) where event horizons can occur in regions where the BEC flows faster than the speed of sound in the system, and phonons within the condensate play the role of photons. My research is about the theory of particle production in BEC black holes; in particular, bringing out universal features using tools such as catastrophe theory. In this presentation I will discuss the theoretical background of analogue black holes and will delve into concepts of catastrophe theory and how it can be used to study particle creation.
| Keyword-1 | Analogue Black Holes |
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| Keyword-2 | Catastrophe Theory |
| Keyword-3 | Hawking Radiation |