PIRSA:22040116

Rollercoaster Cosmology, and a Gravity Wave Factory

D'Amico, G. (2022). Rollercoaster Cosmology, and a Gravity Wave Factory. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/22040116

D'Amico, Guido. Rollercoaster Cosmology, and a Gravity Wave Factory. Perimeter Institute, Apr. 12, 2022, https://pirsa.org/22040116 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:22040116,
            doi = {10.48660/22040116},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/22040116},
            author = {D{\textquoteright}Amico, Guido},
            keywords = {Cosmology},
            language = {en},
            title = {Rollercoaster Cosmology, and a Gravity Wave Factory},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2022},
            month = {apr},
            note = {PIRSA:22040116 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Guido D'Amico European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)

DOI 10.48660/22040116
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Talk Type Scientific Series
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Abstract

Does inflation have to happen all in one go? The answer is no!

All cosmological problems can be solved by a sequence of bursts of cosmic acceleration, interrupted by short epochs of decelerated expansion.

In this rollercoaster cosmology, models that seem excluded for a single long stage become viable again, and high-scale inflation is more natural.

At the same time, we expect interesting predictions at several different length scales, such as gravitational wave signals potentially detectable by LISA.

I will describe the general framework, and focus on a realization with two stages of monodromy inflation.

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