CERN Colloquium

Seeds of Cosmic Structure: Quantum Fluctuations in the Primordial Soup

Name: Seeds of Cosmic Structure: Quantum Fluctuations in the Primordial Soup
Start: 2000-01-17T16:30:00+01:00
End: 2000-01-17T16:45:00+01:00
Location: CERN

by Rocky KOLB (Fermilab & University of Chicago)

Monday 17 Jan 2000, 16:30 → 16:45 Europe/Zurich

500/1-001 - Main Auditorium (CERN)

500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

CERN

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Description

If the early universe had a phase of rapid expansion known as inflation, then the pattern of small quantum fluctuations may be imprinted on the universe in the form of large scale structure and fluctuations in the background radiation temperature. In the talk I will explain how something as small as quantum fluctuations can lead to something as large as a galaxy, and review observational tests of the idea.

Organiser(s): Luigi DI LELLA / EP Division

Note: Please note unusual day. Tea & coffee will be served at 16.00 hrs.