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SUMMARY:Student Seminar: Cosmic inflation and reheating of the universe
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20141209T153000Z
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DESCRIPTION:The theory of cosmic inflation\, developed by Alan Guth and An
 drei Linde at the 1980s\, postulates that the very early universe went thr
 ough a phase of exponentially fast expansion. It solves the horizon and fl
 atness problems of the Big Bang theory\, and gives a natural explanation t
 o the now observed large-scale structure of the cosmos. In the first part 
 of the talk\, I will review some of the basic notions of this theory. On t
 he other hand\, in the simplest models of inflation\, the accelerated expa
 nsion is sustained by the slow-roll decay of a scalar field (the inflaton)
  towards the minimum of its potential. At this stage\, this field is the o
 nly dominant component of the universe. However\, as inflation ends\, all 
 particles must be created and the universe must become radiative. This pro
 cess is known as the reheating of the universe\, and it will be the topic 
 of the second part of the talk.\n\nhttps://indico.ific.uv.es/event/2388/
LOCATION:Universe 1001-Primera-1-1-1 - Paterna. Seminario
URL:https://indico.ific.uv.es/event/2388/
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