2PI simulations in expanding backgrounds: Doing it anyway!
Abstract I set out the 2PI formalism for quantum fields in a Friedmann-Robertson-Walker Universe. I show how one can solve self-consistently for the quantum field evolution and the evolution of the cosmological scale factor, using a renormalised semi-classical Friedmann equation. In a 2PI coupling expansion truncated at O ( λ 2 ) , I perform sample calculations demonstrating kinetic and chemical equilibration in this context.