PIRSA:11070020  ( Flash Presentation , Windows Presentation , Windows Video File , MP3 , PDF) Which Format?

Speaker(s): Ben Shlaer

Abstract: In many respects, de Sitter space behaves like a system at finite temperature in finite volume. I will extend this to include the lack of first-order phase transitions. This rules out exponential decay in the de Sitter landscape, which changes the global structure in a significant way.

Date: 13/07/2011 - 5:00 pm

Collection: Challenges for Early Universe Cosmology

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PIRSA:08060168  ( Flash Presentation , Windows Presentation , Windows Video File , MP3 , PDF) Which Format?

Speaker(s): Ben Shlaer

Abstract: We compute the GW signature of a meta-stable cosmic string network. Such networks arise in a large class of brane inflation models.

Date: 06/06/2008 - 9:30 am

Collection: PASCOS 08

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