Some aspects of quantum correlations and decoherence in the cosmological spacetimes

Abstract

This thesis presents a theoretical investigation into the quantum field theoretic aspects of quantum correlations and decoherence in the cosmological spacetimes. We shall focus on the inflationary or dark energy dominated phase of the universe, and we shall take the spacetime background to be de Sitter. The primary objective of this thesis is to study the physics of the very early universe and to gain insight into the interesting interplay among quantum correlations, entanglement and decoherence which can affect the evolution of our universe.