Progress on Old and New Themes in cosmology (PONT) 2026

Session

Early Universe

27 Apr 2026, 09:00

Chambre du Trésorier (Palais des papes, Avignon)

Conveners

Early Universe

• philippe brax (IPhT CEA Saclay)

Early Universe

• philippe brax (IPhT CEA Saclay)

31. Pontificating about inflation

Lucas Pinol

27/04/2026, 09:00

Cosmic inflation has been the leading paradigm to describe our Universe’s earliest moments for the last decades. Inspired by the residence of this conference, I will pontificate about recent progress on old and new themes in inflation. While necessarily broad in scope, this presentation will revisit some of the following historical themes from a modern perspective: gauge issues, quantumness of...

32. The ACT DR6 Cosmology Results

Adrien LA POSTA

27/04/2026, 09:35

In March 2025, the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) released a high resolution measurement of CMB polarization, covering 19 000 square degrees at 90, 150 and 220 Ghz, three times deeper than past measurements from the Planck satellite. In this talk, I will guide the audience through the different steps of the analysis of a CMB dataset, focusing on ACT DR6, and give an overview of the main...

33. The South Pole Telescope: recent results and future prospects

Lennart Balkenhol

27/04/2026, 10:10

43. Giving color to the gravitational wave spectrum

Diego Blas (ICREA/IFAE)

27/04/2026, 11:15

44. Cosmology with next generation GW observatories

Archisman Ghosh (Nikhef)

27/04/2026, 11:50