OKC colloquia

Cosmology at the largest scales

by Dominik Schwarz (Bielefeld University)

Europe/Stockholm
FA31

FA31

Description
According to the scenario of inflationary cosmology, the largest scales probe also the earliest moments of the observable Universe. The observation of the cosmic microwave background and of the radio sky at those scales reveal several puzzling features, which are at odds with our current understanding of cosmology, implying a violation of isotropy and scale invariance. I'm going to highlight some of those puzzles and describe attempts towards their resolution. (host: Florian Kühnel)