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Quantum Damping of Cosmological Shear: A New Prediction from Loop Quantum Cosmologies

06/09 2026 Seminar
  • Title Quantum Damping of Cosmological Shear: A New Prediction from Loop Quantum Cosmologies
  • Speaker Wen-Cong Gan (Jiangxi Normal University)
  • Date 2:00 PM, June 9, 2026
  • Venue Lecture Hall 6620, South Building; Tencent Meeting: 544-219-669; Koushare Live: https://www.koushare.com/live/details/52759
  • Abstract

    We study the dynamics of the Bianchi I universe in modified loop quantum cosmology (mLQC-I) and uncover a robust mechanism for isotropization: the shear is dynamically suppressed after the bounce and decays rapidly in the quantum post-bounce regime, independently of the equation of state of standard matter sources. This naturally drives the Universe toward a homogeneous and isotropic expanding phase without fine-tuning. Our results show that mLQC-I provides a new quantum-gravitational mechanism for suppressing anisotropies, absent in other bounce models.

    Biography

    Wen-Cong Gan is a Lecturer in the School of Physics at Jiangxi Normal University. He received his PhD from Baylor University in 2023. His research focuses on black hole physics, holographic duality, and quantum gravity. Currently focusing on effective solutions of loop quantum black holes and loop quantum cosmology. Has published 18 papers in leading international physics journals such as Physical Review D and Journal of High Energy Physics, with over 300 citations.

    Inviter: Shao-Jiang Wang