Abstract: Inflation is usually modelled by single slowly rolling scalar field. In this talk, I will discuss to what degree this simplifying assumption is supported by observations, and show how current and future data probes well-motivated physics beyond the slow-roll paradigm.
Probing the Nature of Inflation
Daniel Baumann (Cambridge DAMTP) // Sep 25, 2014
Abstract: Inflation is usually modelled by single slowly rolling scalar field. In this talk, I will discuss to what degree this simplifying assumption is supported by observations, and show how current and future data probes well-motivated physics beyond the slow-roll paradigm.
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