Theoretical Cosmology Meetings

Weekly meeting on theoretical cosmology research, mainly supported by our STFC consolidated grant, covering the very early universe, modified gravity, and dark energy. We meet Wednesdays from 1-2pm in DS 2.08. Note that during the pandemic, this seminar series is online. Please contact the organiser for the zoom link if you wish to attend. 

Organiser: Emir Gumrukcuoglu
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• Theoretical cosmology: William Giare (Sheffield) on 16th Oct 2024 1:00:pm Title: How robust are our constraints on Inflation? Abstract: CMB temperature and polarization measurements from the Planck satellite and the BICEP/Keck collaboration have imposed stringent constraints on the amplitude of primordial gravitational waves (r < 0.036) and the scalar spectral index (ns = 0.9649 ± 0.0044), narrowing the range of viable inflationary models. In this talk, I...
• Theoretical cosmology: Alexander Belyaev (Southampton) on 23rd Oct 2024 1:00:pm
• Theoretical cosmology: Theo Anton (QMUL) on 30th Oct 2024 1:00:pm
• Theoretical cosmology: Michael Bacchi (UFES, Brazil & ICG) on 6th Nov 2024 1:00:pm
• Theoretical cosmology: Abhay Ashtekar (Penn State) on 13th Nov 2024 1:00:pm
• Theoretical cosmology: Robson Christie (SMAP) on 20th Nov 2024 1:00:pm
• Theoretical cosmology: Hugo Holland (IAS, Orsay) on 25th Nov 2024 1:00:pm
• Theoretical cosmology: Alice Bonino (Birmingham) on 4th Dec 2024 1:00:pm Title: Synergies between numerical relativity and an effective-one-body gravitational wave model for eccentric binary black hole systems Abstract: Orbital eccentricity in compact binaries is considered to be a key tracer of their astrophysical origin, and can be inferred from gravitational-wave observations due to its imprint on the emitted signal. For a robust measurement, accurate waveform models are...
• Theoretical cosmology: Alejandro Perez Rodriguez (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid) on 11th Dec 2024 1:00:pm