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Solid Inflation

Alberto Nicolis Columbia University

July 09, 2013

PIRSA:13070005
Cosmological Limits on Neutrino-Neutrino Scattering and Particle Physics in the Early Universe

Kris Sigurdson University of British Columbia

July 09, 2013

PIRSA:13070025
Searching for Other Universes

Matthew Johnson York University

July 08, 2013

PIRSA:13070029
Primordial non-Gaussianity in the CMB and large-scale structure

Kendrick Smith Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

July 08, 2013

PIRSA:13070001
Tumbling through a landscape

Erick Weinberg Columbia University

July 08, 2013

PIRSA:13070024
Massive gravity and cosmology

Shinji Mukohyama Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics

July 08, 2013

PIRSA:13070002
Precision Holographic Cosmology

Paul McFadden Durham University

July 08, 2013

PIRSA:13070006
Intermittent non-Gaussianity & Anomalies: rare patchy subdominants from Modulated Heating, Bubble Collisions & Oscillons

Richard Bond University of Toronto

July 08, 2013

PIRSA:13070000
Opening Remarks

Neil Turok University of Edinburgh

July 08, 2013

PIRSA:13070092
C++ template magic - Part 3

July 05, 2013

PIRSA:13070028
C++ template magic - Part 2

July 03, 2013

PIRSA:13070026
C++ template magic - Part 1

June 28, 2013

PIRSA:13060024

Solid Inflation

Alberto Nicolis Columbia University

July 09, 2013

PIRSA:13070005

I will describe a cosmological model where primordial inflation is driven by a 'solid', defined as a system of three derivatively coupled scalar fields obeying certain symmetries and spontaneously breaking a certain subgroup of these. The symmetry breaking pattern differs drastically from that of standard inflationary models: time translations are unbroken. This prevents our model from fitting into the standard effective field theory description of adiabatic perturbations, with crucial consequences for the dynamics of cosmological perturbations. Most notably, non-gaussianities in the curvature perturbations are unusually large, with f_NL ~ 1/(\epsilon.c_s^2), and have a novel shape: peaked in the squeezed limit, with anisotropic dependence on how the limit is approached. Other unusual features include the absence of adiabatic fluctuation modes during inflation---which does not impair their presence and near scale-invariance after inflation---and a slightly blue tilt for the tensor modes.
Cosmological Limits on Neutrino-Neutrino Scattering and Particle Physics in the Early Universe

Kris Sigurdson University of British Columbia

July 09, 2013

PIRSA:13070025

In the standard model neutrinos are assumed to have streamed across the Universe since they last scattered at the weak decoupling epoch when the temperature of the standard-model plasma was ~MeV. The shear stress of free-streaming neutrinos imprints itself gravitationally on the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) and makes the CMB a sensitive probe of neutrino scattering. Yet, the presence of nonstandard physics in the neutrino sector may alter this standard chronology and delay neutrino free-streaming until a much later epoch. We will discuss how observations of the CMB can be used to constrain the strength of neutrino self-interactions G_eff and put limits on new physics in the neutrino sector from the early Universe. Key measurements of the CMB at large multipoles made by the Planck satellite and high-l experiments are critical for probing this physics. Within the context of conventional LambdaCDM parameters cosmological data are compatible with G_eff < 1/(56 MeV)^2 and neutrino free-streaming might be delayed until their temperature has cooled to as low as ~25 eV. Intriguingly, we also find an alternative cosmology compatible with cosmological data in which neutrinos scatter off each other until z~10^4 with a preferred interaction strength in a narrow region around G_eff = 1/(10 MeV)^2. This distinct self-interacting neutrino cosmology is characterized by somewhat lower values of both the scalar spectral index and the amplitude of primordial fluctuations. We phrase our discussion in terms of a specific scenario in which a late onset of neutrino free-streaming could occur, but in fact our constraints on the neutrino visibility function are very general.
Searching for Other Universes

Matthew Johnson York University

July 08, 2013

PIRSA:13070029
Primordial non-Gaussianity in the CMB and large-scale structure

Kendrick Smith Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

July 08, 2013

PIRSA:13070001
Tumbling through a landscape

Erick Weinberg Columbia University

July 08, 2013

PIRSA:13070024
Massive gravity and cosmology

Shinji Mukohyama Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics

July 08, 2013

PIRSA:13070002
Precision Holographic Cosmology

Paul McFadden Durham University

July 08, 2013

PIRSA:13070006

We discuss holography for cosmology, focusing on a class of slow-roll inflationary spacetimes that are holographically dual to a perturbative RG flow between two nearby CFTs. The cosmological power spectrum and non-Gaussianities may be calculated directly from the dual QFT using conformal perturbation theory, even when the dual QFT is strongly coupled. Holography thus offers new methods for computing cosmological observables. To illustrate, we show how to recover the power spectrum to second order in slow roll.
Intermittent non-Gaussianity & Anomalies: rare patchy subdominants from Modulated Heating, Bubble Collisions & Oscillons

Richard Bond University of Toronto

July 08, 2013

PIRSA:13070000
Opening Remarks

Neil Turok University of Edinburgh

July 08, 2013

PIRSA:13070092
C++ template magic - Part 3

July 05, 2013

PIRSA:13070028

A general introduction to c++ templates. As motivation the possibilities will be demonstrated in short examples in order to show the might of these programming techniques. After covering the fundamentals of templates the following topics will be discussed: polymorphism, traits, template specialisation, SFINAE and in case there is time left template meta programming.
C++ template magic - Part 2

July 03, 2013

PIRSA:13070026

A general introduction to c++ templates. As motivation the possibilities will be demonstrated in short examples in order to show the might of these programming techniques. After covering the fundamentals of templates the following topics will be discussed: polymorphism, traits, template specialisation, SFINAE and in case there is time left template meta programming.
C++ template magic - Part 1

June 28, 2013

PIRSA:13060024

Title	Date	Collection	Type	Info
Solid Inflation	2013‑07‑09	Cosmological Frontiers in Fundamental Physics 2013	Conference	View details
Cosmological Limits on Neutrino-Neutrino Scattering and Particle Physics in the Early Universe	2013‑07‑09	Cosmological Frontiers in Fundamental Physics 2013	Conference	View details
Searching for Other Universes	2013‑07‑08	ISSYP 2011		View details
Primordial non-Gaussianity in the CMB and large-scale structure	2013‑07‑08	Cosmological Frontiers in Fundamental Physics 2013	Conference	View details
Tumbling through a landscape	2013‑07‑08	Cosmological Frontiers in Fundamental Physics 2013	Conference	View details
Massive gravity and cosmology	2013‑07‑08	Cosmological Frontiers in Fundamental Physics 2013	Conference	View details
Precision Holographic Cosmology	2013‑07‑08	Cosmological Frontiers in Fundamental Physics 2013	Conference	View details
Intermittent non-Gaussianity & Anomalies: rare patchy subdominants from Modulated Heating, Bubble Collisions & Oscillons	2013‑07‑08	Cosmological Frontiers in Fundamental Physics 2013	Conference	View details
Opening Remarks	2013‑07‑08	Cosmological Frontiers in Fundamental Physics 2013	Conference	View details
C++ template magic - Part 3	2013‑07‑05		Other	View details
C++ template magic - Part 2	2013‑07‑03		Other	View details
C++ template magic - Part 1	2013‑06‑28		Other	View details

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Solid Inflation

Cosmological Limits on Neutrino-Neutrino Scattering and Particle Physics in the Early Universe

Searching for Other Universes

Primordial non-Gaussianity in the CMB and large-scale structure

Tumbling through a landscape

Massive gravity and cosmology

Precision Holographic Cosmology

Intermittent non-Gaussianity & Anomalies: rare patchy subdominants from Modulated Heating, Bubble Collisions & Oscillons

Opening Remarks

C++ template magic - Part 3

C++ template magic - Part 2

C++ template magic - Part 1

Solid Inflation

Cosmological Limits on Neutrino-Neutrino Scattering and Particle Physics in the Early Universe

Searching for Other Universes

Primordial non-Gaussianity in the CMB and large-scale structure

Tumbling through a landscape

Massive gravity and cosmology

Precision Holographic Cosmology

Intermittent non-Gaussianity & Anomalies: rare patchy subdominants from Modulated Heating, Bubble Collisions & Oscillons

Opening Remarks

C++ template magic - Part 3

C++ template magic - Part 2

C++ template magic - Part 1