Mrs Laurence Perreault Levasseur

Career

• 2011-date: PhD Candidate, DAMTP, University of Cambridge
• 2009-2011: MSc in Theoretical Physics, McGill University, Canada
• 2006-2009: BSc (Hons) in Math and Physics, McGill University, Canada

Research

Laurence is a member of the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, in the High Energy Physics research group. Her current research interests are focussed on the physics of the very early Universe, in particular on the mechanisms for generating the primordial fluctuations and on preheating/reheating. Recently she has also been interested in theories of modified gravity, such as Galileon theories, and their application to models of the early universe.

Selected Publications

 

L. P. Levasseur, R. Brandenberger, and A.-C. Davis,

Defrosting in an Emergent Galileon Cosmology,

Phys. Rev. D 84, 103512 (2011), arXiv:1105.5649 [astro-ph.CO]. 

 

C. Lin, R. H. Brandenberger, and L. P. Levasseur,

A Matter Bounce By Means of Ghost Condensation,

JCAP 4, 19 (2011), arXiv:1007.2654 [hep-th].

 

L.P. Levasseur, G. Laporte, and R. H. Brandenberger,

Analytical Study of Mode Coupling in Hybrid Inflation,

Phys. Rev. D 82, 123524 (2010), arxiv:1004.1425v2 [hep-th].