PIRSA:22090088

Dynamical frames in gauge theory and gravity

Hoehn, P. (2022). Dynamical frames in gauge theory and gravity . Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/22090088

Hoehn, Philipp. Dynamical frames in gauge theory and gravity . Perimeter Institute, Sep. 22, 2022, https://pirsa.org/22090088 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:22090088,
            doi = {10.48660/22090088},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/22090088},
            author = {Hoehn, Philipp},
            keywords = {Quantum Gravity},
            language = {en},
            title = {Dynamical frames in gauge theory and gravity },
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2022},
            month = {sep},
            note = {PIRSA:22090088 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Philipp Hoehn

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University

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Though often not spelled out explicitly, dynamical reference frames appear ubiquitously in gauge theory and gravity. They appear, for example, when constructing dressed/relational observables, describing physics relative to the frame in a gauge-invariant way. In this talk, I will sketch a general framework for constructing such frames and associated relational observables. It unifies previous approaches and encompasses the transformations relating different frame choices. In gravitational theories, this gives rise to an arguably more physical reformulation of general covariance in terms of dynamical rather than fixed frames. I will then discuss an ensuing relational form of locality, including bulk microcausality and local subsystems associated with subregions, both of which can be defined gauge-invariantly relative to a dynamical frame. In the latter case, the frame incarnates as an edge mode field, linking with recent work on finite subregions. In particular, the corresponding boundary charges and symmetries can be understood in terms of reorientations of the frame. Notably, the resulting notion of a subsystem is frame-dependent, as are therefore correlations, thermal properties and specifically entropies. I will conclude with an outlook on the quantum realm and connections with recent developments on quantum reference frames. [Based on 2206.01193, 2205.00913, JHEP 172 (2022), PRL 128 170401.] 

Zoom link: https://pitp.zoom.us/j/97735460640?pwd=NThybFc3M3Z3cHhVRmRvczdrclhvZz09