Universe Colloquium: Quantum Universe: theory and observations

by Viatcheslav Mukhanov (LMU)

Wednesday 16 Apr 2014, 16:30 → 17:30 Europe/Berlin

seminar room 0001, ground floor (TUM Institute for Advanced Study, Lichtenbergstraße 2 a, 85748 Garching)

In March 2014 Harvard astronomers announced the detection of primordial gravitational waves with the telescope of the BICEP2 collaboration at the South Pole. They studied the polarization properties of the cosmic microwave background radiation which showed imprints of so-called B modes, relics of gravitational waves of the inflationary phase of the Universe. One of the world experts in the field of inflation theories and Principal Investigator at the Excellence Cluster Universe, Viatcheslav Mukhanov (LMU), will present the significance of these findings for theoretical cosmology. We will offer wine, soft drinks and snacks. ! Note the special venue !