IPMU Colloquium

Speaker: Misao Sasaki (Kyoto U)
Title: Inflation, Primordial Black holes and Gravitational Waves -- Dawn of Gravitational Wave Astronomy --
Date (JST): Wed, Jan 24, 2018, 15:30 - 17:00
Place: Lecture Hall
Related File: 2012.pdf
Abstract: Inflation has become an integrated part of the standard cosmology thanks to recent progress in cosmological observations. However, there still remain many unknowns about inflation. In this talk, I mention a few interesting observational results that may be primordial signals from inflation. In particular, I advocate an idea that the recently detected black hole binaries are primordial in their origin, and the rapidly developing field of gravitational wave astronomy/astrophysics may provide clues about the nature of inflation.
Seminar Video: [VIDEO]