Seminars

Species Cosmology

A cura di Dr. Marco Scalisi (Max Planck Insitute for Physics - Munich)

Europe/Rome
AULA GRASSANO

AULA GRASSANO

Descrizione

Towers species can significantly affect the properties of  gravitational effective field theories. They naturally appear in string theory, and one of their universal effects is a renormalization of the scale at which gravity becomes strongly coupled. In this talk, we will discuss some of the implications for cosmology arising from the presence of a large number of species. A major focus will be on cosmic inflation and its observational signatures in the cosmic microwave background. We will also discuss some of the implications for Starobinsky inflation.