Relatore: Dott. Filippo Vernizzi - CEA, Institut de Physique Théorique, Saclay
Luogo: Aula Newton - Plesso Fisico
E-mail organizzatore: raffaella.burioni@fis.unipr.it
Abstract:
The BICEP2 collaboration recently announced the detection of B-mode
polarization in the cosmic microwave background. This signal has been
interpreted as induced by primordial gravitational waves generated during
a phase of cosmic inflation. If confirmed, it would be very important
theoretical and observational breakthrough in cosmology. I will review the
predictions from inflation, present the main results of BICEP2 experiment
and discuss their implications.