Three thoughts about black holes and cosmology

          @misc{ scivideos_PIRSA:09030034,
            doi = {10.48660/09030034},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/09030034},
            author = {Boyle, Latham},
            keywords = {Cosmology},
            language = {en},
            title = {Three thoughts about black holes and cosmology},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics},
            year = {2009},
            month = {mar},
            note = {PIRSA:09030034 see, \url{https://scivideos.org/index.php/pirsa/09030034}}
          }
          

Abstract

I will present three ideas about black holes and cosmology. First, I will discuss a way of understanding the simple patterns which emerge from the notoriously thorny numerical simulations of binary black hole merger, and some of the directions where this understanding may lead. Second, I will suggest a sequence of practical bootstrap tests designed to give sharp observational confirmation of the essential idea underlying the inflationary paradigm: that the universe underwent a period of accelerated expansion followed by a long period of decelerated expansion. Third, I will investigate a way that one might try to detect the strong bending of light rays in the vicinity of a black hole.