Université de GenèveDépartement de Physique ThéoriqueCAP Genève

Inflation

Inflation is often referred to as a period of extreme rapid expansion in the very early universe. While resolving several problems (e.g. Horizon problem, Flatness problem etc.) of the hot Big Bang cosmology, it also provides an elegant explanation for the origin of microscopic quantum fluctuations required as the seed for the formation of the observed large-scale structures such as galaxies like our Milky Way in the universe. 

Over the last decade, the precise observations of Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) anisotropies and Large-Scale Structure (LSS) statistics have provided significant evidence for the inflationary paradigm. Ongoing as well as future missions such as PLANCK with extremely precise measurements will provide further support for the inflationary hypothesis.

Members of the group are currently investigating both theoretically and observationally the physics of inflation by constructing new models and studying their predictions in order to understand the physics of the very early Universe.

Recent publications and presentations on this topic
Date: 11. May 2016
Members involved: Subodh Patil
Topics: Inflation, moduli stabilization
Type: Publication
Date: 20. April 2016
Members involved: Subodh Patil
Topics: Effective theories, Inflation, Preferred frames
Type: Publication
Date: 26. October 2015
Members involved: Subodh Patil
Topics: Cosmic microwave background, Inflation, gravity, Effective theories
Type: Publication
Date: 30. July 2015
Members involved: Subodh Patil
Topics: Naturalness, Hierarchy problem, Inflation
Type: Publication
Date: 20. July 2015
Members involved: Giovanni Marozzi
Topics: Inflation, Backreaction
Type: Presentation
Date: 10. February 2015
Members involved: Matteo Biagetti, Alexandros Kehagias, Antonio Riotto
Topics: Inflation
Type: Publication
Date: 16. January 2015
Members involved: Alexandros Kehagias, Antonio Riotto
Topics: Inflation
Type: Publication
Date: 12. November 2014
Members involved: Matteo Biagetti
Topics: Inflation, Gravitational waves
Type: Publication
Date: 1. October 2014
Members involved: Alexandros Kehagias, Antonio Riotto
Topics: Inflation
Type: Publication
Date: 25. August 2014
Members involved: Giovanni Marozzi
Topics: Backreaction, Inflation
Type: Publication

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