Beyond Spacetime and the Geneva Symmetry Group are happy to present an online talk by Robert Brandenberger:
Wednesday, 11 November 2020, at 18:15 over zoom:
Robert Brandenberger (McGill University): Is inflationary cosmology consistent with fundamental physics?
Please find the abstract below.
Join Zoom Meeting:
https://unige.zoom.us/j/91599586401?pwd=MmZHelhVVjJ2cmVUUzJMMUVWenhTdz09
Meeting ID: 915 9958 6401
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Robert Brandenberger (McGill University): Is inflationary cosmology consistent with fundamental physics?
Abstract: The inflationary scenario has become the paradigm of early universe cosmology. However, recently challenges have been raised as to whether the scenario can be compatible with fundamental physics. I will review the inflationary scenario, introduce the challenges (Swampland Criteria and Trans-Planckian Censorship Conjecture (TCC)), and show that there are alternatives to inflation which are in agreement with current observations, and also satisfy both the swampland criteria and the TCC.
