8–10 May 2023
University of Pittsburgh
US/Eastern timezone

Cornering Extended Starobinsky Inflation with CMB and SKA

8 May 2023, 14:15
15m
Lawrence Hall 207

Lawrence Hall 207

Speaker

Benedikt Schosser (Heidelberg University)

Description

Starobinsky inflation is an attractive, fundamental model to
explain the Planck measurements, and its higher-order extension may
allow us to probe quantum gravity effects. We show that future CMB
data combined with the 21cm intensity map from SKA will meaningfully
probe such an extended Starobinsky model. A combined analysis will
provide a precise measurement and intriguing insight into
inflationary dynamics, even accounting for correlations with
astrophysical parameters.

Primary authors

Benedikt Schosser (Heidelberg University) Björn Malte Schäfer (Heidelberg University) Lennart Röver (Heidelberg University) Tanmoy Modak Tilman Plehn (Heidelberg University)

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