| Wednesday, October 19, 2022 |
| HEP Journal Club | |
| Event Type: Other | |
| Time: 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM | |
| Location: 726 Broadway, 940, CCPP Seminar | |
| Eternal inflation and the beginning of the universe | |
| Alexander Vilenkin, Tufts | |
| Event Type: HEP Seminar | |
| Time: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | |
| Location: 726 Broadway, 940, CCPP Seminar | |
| Abstract: Cosmic inflation is generically a never ending process, with new "bubble universes" constantly being formed. I will discuss the origin of this "multiverse" worldview, its possible observational tests, and its implications for the beginning of the universe. | |