PIRSA:09030034 Scientific Series Cosmology

DOI10.48660/09030034

Series: Cosmology and Gravitation

Boyle, L. (2009). Three thoughts about black holes and cosmology. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/09030034

Boyle, Latham. Three thoughts about black holes and cosmology. Perimeter Institute, Mar. 16, 2009, https://pirsa.org/09030034 

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  doi = {10.48660/09030034},
  url = {https://pirsa.org/09030034},
  author = {Boyle, Latham},
  keywords = {Cosmology},
  language = {en},
  title = {Three thoughts about black holes and cosmology},
  publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
  year = {2009},
  month = {mar},
  note = {PIRSA:09030034 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
}

Abstract

I will present three ideas about black holes and cosmology. First, I will discuss a way of understanding the simple patterns which emerge from the notoriously thorny numerical simulations of binary black hole merger, and some of the directions where this understanding may lead. Second, I will suggest a sequence of practical bootstrap tests designed to give sharp observational confirmation of the essential idea underlying the inflationary paradigm: that the universe underwent a period of accelerated expansion followed by a long period of decelerated expansion. Third, I will investigate a way that one might try to detect the strong bending of light rays in the vicinity of a black hole.

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