Speaker
Jerome Quintin
(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)
Description
Different theories of the very early universe that can explain our observations of the cosmic microwave background are presented. The current paradigm - inflationary cosmology - has received much attention, but it is not the only theoretically viable explanation; indeed, several alternative scenarios exist. It thus bares the question: how can we discriminate between the various theories, both from a theoretical and an observational point of view? A few pathways to answering this question are discussed in this talk.
Primary author
Jerome Quintin
(Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)
