Messengers of the very early universe: Gravitational Waves and Primordial Black Holes

Session

12th Morning Session

12 Dec 2022, 09:00

Sala Grande (Centro Universitario Padovano)

45. welcome and Introduction

Antonio Masiero (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

12/12/2022, 09:00

46. Welcome and Introduction

Sabino Matarrese (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

12/12/2022, 09:15

Contributed Talk

47. Primordial Black Holes from Inflation

Misao Sasaki (Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (IPMU))

12/12/2022, 09:30

Invited Talk

In addition to the traditional method of using micro- lensing, the rapid progress in gravitational wave astrophysics/cosmology has made projections of detecting signatures of PBHs quite feasible. Parallel to it, various models of inflation that produce PBHs have been proposed. In this talk I'll review the PBH formation from inflation, focusing on some recently-found novel mechanisms that lead to it.