Princeton University/Institute for Advanced Study Early Universe/Cosmology Lunch Discussion - TITLE ADDED

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Organizers are David Spergel, Princeton University, and Matias Zaldarriaga, Institute for Advanced Study. The lunch will be held at either Princeton University or the Institute for Advanced Study. Check the calendar for the meeting location. This week's meeting is at the Institute for Advanced Study. Attendees can bring their own lunch or stop at the IAS Dining Hall. The West Seminar room is in a building which is a short walk from the main dining area. ABSTRACT: I will discuss the implications of the BICEP2 results. In particular I will discuss what large tensors imply for other potential signatures from inflation such as departures from Gaussianity or additional sources of perturbations.

Date & Time

April 07, 2014 | 12:30pm – 1:30pm

Location

Institute for Advanced Study, West Building, West Seminar Room

Speakers

Matias Zaldarriaga, Institute for Advanced Study

Affiliation

Institute for Advanced Study