Particle Physics Seminar

"When Cosmology Becomes Non-Linear"

Presented by Leonardo Senatore, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton

Thursday, April 8, 2010, 3:00 pm — Small Seminar Room, Bldg. 510

The universe is smooth on large scales but very inhomogeneous on small scales. Why is the spacetime on large scales modeled to a good approximation by the Friedmann equations? Are we sure that small-scale non-linearities do not induce a large backreaction? Related to this, what is the effective theory that describes the universe on large scales? I will try to address these questions and show some phenomenological implications of the short-scale cosmological non-lineariaties.

Hosted by: Anze Slosar

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