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SUMMARY:CTA Theoretical Astrophysics and General Relativity Seminar: "Pro
 bing the Physics of the Beginning: Primordial Non-Gaussianity and Gravit
 ational Waves".
CREATED:20091013T120000Z
DESCRIPTION:In the last few decades\, advances in observational cosmology
  have given us a standard model of cosmology. We know the content of the
  universe to within a few percent. With more ambitious experiments on th
 e way\, we hope to move beyond the knowledge of what the universe is mad
 e of\, to why the universe is the way it is. In my talk I will focus on 
 what we can expect to learn about the dynamics of the universe at the ve
 ry earliest moments. I will discuss theoretical predictions from inflati
 onary models and their observational consequences in the cosmic microwav
 e background anisotropies. In particular I will focus on two observation
 al signatures\, primordial non-Gaussianity and gravitational waves\, as 
 probes for the physics of the beginning.
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LOCATION:464 Loomis
CATEGORIES:CTA Seminar
ORGANIZER:ytliu@illinois.edu
URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/1968?key=2000010120000101144534
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