Quantum Effects in Early Universe Cosmology
Project information
Qosmology
Grant agreement ID: 772295
Status
Ongoing project
-
Start date
1 September 2018
-
End date
31 August 2023
Funded under:
H2020-EU.1.1.
-
Overall budget:
€ 1 239 843,75
-
EU contribution
€ 1 239 843,75
Objective
Qosmology will apply new mathematical methods, based on Picard-Lefschetz theory, to define gravitational path integrals rigorously for the first time. Generalised theoretical concepts, in particular tunnelling in complex time, will lead to new types of solutions describing quantum transitions between contracting and expanding universes, effectively providing quantum resolutions of the big bang. These solutions will not only extend the scope of the existing theories of initial conditions, but may suggest entirely novel approaches. In addition Qosmology will continuously improve existing numerical methods, allowing for extensive studies of the big-bang-resolving solutions as well as of quantum tunnelling effects generally.
Moving beyond a description of the background, the fluctuations in the universe and an observational verification of their quantum origin are of fundamental interest. Are there remnants of quantum correlations in the distribution of galaxies in our universe? Qosmology will forge new paths by exploring quantum gravitational effects, exploiting novel measures of quantumness, and focussing on the interconnectedness between background and fluctuations, dynamics and initial conditions.
Qosmology will, for the first time since the 1980s, reach a significant advance in our understanding of quantum theory applied to the universe as a whole.
Field of Science
/natural sciences/physical sciences/astronomy/physical cosmology/big bang
/natural sciences/physical sciences/quantum physics
/natural sciences/physical sciences/astronomy/physical cosmology
Funding Scheme
ERC-COG - Consolidator Grant
Host institution
MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN EV
Address
Hofgartenstrasse 8
80539 Muenchen
Germany
Activity type
Research Organisations
EU Contribution
€ 1 239 843,75
Beneficiaries (1)
MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN EV
Germany
EU Contribution
€ 1 239 843,75
Project information
Qosmology
Grant agreement ID: 772295
Status
Ongoing project
-
Start date
1 September 2018
-
End date
31 August 2023
Funded under:
H2020-EU.1.1.
-
Overall budget:
€ 1 239 843,75
-
EU contribution
€ 1 239 843,75
Project information
Qosmology
Grant agreement ID: 772295
Status
Ongoing project
-
Start date
1 September 2018
-
End date
31 August 2023
Funded under:
H2020-EU.1.1.
-
Overall budget:
€ 1 239 843,75
-
EU contribution
€ 1 239 843,75
Project information
Qosmology
Grant agreement ID: 772295
Status
Ongoing project
-
Start date
1 September 2018
-
End date
31 August 2023
Funded under:
H2020-EU.1.1.
-
Overall budget:
€ 1 239 843,75
-
EU contribution
€ 1 239 843,75
Project information
Qosmology
Grant agreement ID: 772295
Status
Ongoing project
-
Start date
1 September 2018
-
End date
31 August 2023
Funded under:
H2020-EU.1.1.
-
Overall budget:
€ 1 239 843,75
-
EU contribution
€ 1 239 843,75
Deliverables
Deliverables not available
Publications
Project information
Qosmology
Grant agreement ID: 772295
Status
Ongoing project
-
Start date
1 September 2018
-
End date
31 August 2023
Funded under:
H2020-EU.1.1.
-
Overall budget:
€ 1 239 843,75
-
EU contribution
€ 1 239 843,75
Project information
Qosmology
Grant agreement ID: 772295
Status
Ongoing project
-
Start date
1 September 2018
-
End date
31 August 2023
Funded under:
H2020-EU.1.1.
-
Overall budget:
€ 1 239 843,75
-
EU contribution
€ 1 239 843,75
Project information
Qosmology
Grant agreement ID: 772295
Status
Ongoing project
-
Start date
1 September 2018
-
End date
31 August 2023
Funded under:
H2020-EU.1.1.
-
Overall budget:
€ 1 239 843,75
-
EU contribution
€ 1 239 843,75
