Signals of a Quantum Universe
Higgs Centre colloquium
Signals of a Quantum Universe
- Event time: 1:00pm until 2:00pm
- Event date: 23rd September 2022
- Speaker: Daniel Green (UC San Diego)
- Location: Online
Event details
The idea that structure in the Universe was created from quantum mechanical vacuum fluctuations during inflation is very compelling, but unproven. Finding a test of this proposal has been challenging because the universe we observe is effectively classical. I will explain how quantum fluctuations can give rise to the density fluctuations we observe and will show that we can test this hypothesis using the statistical properties of maps of the universe.
Event resources
About Higgs Centre colloquia
The Higgs Centre Colloquia are a fortnightly series of talks aimed at a wide-range of topical Theoretical Physics issues..