UV Physics and String Inflation

by Prof. G. Shiu

Thursday 24 Jul 2008, 14:30 → 15:00 Europe/Zurich

TH Theory Conference Room (CERN)

Inflation has become the standard paradigm of early universe cosmology. Several outstanding questions in inflationary cosmology, however, require an understanding of the underlying UV physics. In this talk, I will discuss some of these issues and argue how one might turn these UV sensitivities into observational opportunities for string inflation.