The influence of total derivatives on decoherence and squeezing in cosmological perturbations
Seminar talk at LPENS, The École normale supérieure – PSL
CV
Education
- PhD, advisor: Yi Wang
- 2020 - 2023: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
- Thesis: Revisit the decoherence of cosmological perturbations with probes of their quantum nature
- MPhil
- 2018 - 2020: HKUST
- Thesis: Gravitational production of massive particles in the early universe and the imprints left in primordial fluctuations
- BSc
- 2014 - 2018: HKUST
- First Class Honors
- Education Abroad Program
- 2017: University of California, Berkeley
Employment
- Postdoc
- 2023 - now: Shuimu Scholar, Tsinghua University
Publications and Preprints
See INSPIRE-HEP or Google Scholar.
Talks and Posters
Total derivatives in cosmological perturbations: implications for decoherence and Bell violation Permalink
Seminar talk at DAMTP, The University of Cambridge
Subtleties in decoherence and squeezing of cosmological perturbations Permalink
Seminar talk at The Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics, The University of Edinburgh
Subtle aspects in decoherence and quantum-information measurement of cosmological perturbations Permalink
Seminar talk at Institute for Basic Science, Korea
Decoherence of cosmological perturbations: boundary terms and the WKB wave functional Permalink
Workshop talk at Kashiwa-no-ha Dark Matter and Cosmology Symposium (Satellite workshop of COSMO 2024), Kavli IPMU, The University of Tokyo
Decoherence and Bell test of cosmological perturbations: boundary terms and the WKB wave functional Permalink
Invited workshop talk at Quantum properties of gravity (引力的量子性质), Peng Huanwu Center for Fundamental Theory, University of Science and Technology of China
Decoherence of cosmological perturbations: boundary terms and the WKB wave functional Permalink
Workshop talk at Gravity and Cosmology 2024, Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University
Revisit the Decoherence of Cosmological Perturbations with the Development of Quantum Information Permalink
Seminar talk at Tsinghua University, China
Decoherence of Cosmological Perturbations from Boundary Terms and the Non-Classicality of Gravity Permalink
Seminar talk at Copernicus Webinar and Colloquium Series,
Decoherence of cosmological perturbations: boundary terms and the WKB wave functional Permalink
Conference poster at COSMO'24, Kyoto University
Decoherence of cosmological perturbations: boundary terms and the WKB wave functional Permalink
Conference poster at Quantum Gravity and Cosmology 2024 (QGC2024), ShanghaiTech University
Chemical-potential-assisted particle production in FRW spacetimes Permalink
Conference poster at The 24th International Conference on Particle Physics and Cosmology (COSMO’21), University of Illinois
Teaching assistants
Electro and Magneto Statics
Teaching assistant at HKUST, Fall 2022Postgraduate EM course
Electricity and Magnetism I
Teaching assistant at HKUST, Fall 2022Undergraduate EM course
Quantum Mechanics II
Teaching assistant at HKUST, Fall 2019Senior undergraduate QM course
Physics Enhancement Program
Teaching assistant at HKUST, Summer 2019Enhancement program for high school students
Advanced Quantum Field Theory
Teaching assistant at HKUST, Spring 2019Advanced postgraduate QFT course
Laboratory for General Physics I
Teaching assistant at HKUST, Fall 2018First-year undergraduate lab course
Awards and Honors
2024: Scientific and Technological R&D Award for Postgraduates, Macau Science and Technology Development Fund
2023: Shuimu Scholar, Tsinghua University
2020 – 2023: Bolsas de Mérito para Estudos Pós-Graduados (Macau government scholarship for postgraduate studies)
2020, 2022: HKUST RedBird PhD Scholarship
2014 – 2018: HKUST University Scholarship
2014: Gold Medal of the 45th International Physics Olympiad
2013: Silver Medal of the 44th International Physics Olympiad
Service
- Referee of Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (JCAP)
- Observer of the Hong Kong team in the 36th Chinese Physics Olympiad Finals, 2019
- Leader of the Macau delegation in the 49th International Physics Olympiad, 2018