Friday, June 19, 2020 3:00 pm
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3:00 pm
EDT (GMT -04:00)
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Speaker
Leo KimÌý| Applied Math, University of À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ
Title
Towards Scale Invariance in Cuscuton Bounce
Abstract
The inflationary paradigm of early universe cosmology is a very successful theory, but has shortcomings of its own. In this talk I will presentÌýan alternative to inflation called a Cuscuton bounce. First I will give a brief introduction to early universe cosmology, the inflationary paradigm, and bouncing cosmologies as an alternative to inflation. Then I will introduce a bouncing cosmology generated by Cuscuton, and discuss my progress in trying to acquire a scale invariant power spectrum to agree with observations.