Inflationary Cosmology: Is Our Universe Part of a Multiverse?
Abstract
In this talk, Guth explains the inflationary theory and reviews the features that make it scientifically plausible. In addition, he discusses the biggest mystery in cosmology: Why is the value of the cosmological constant, sometimes called the "anti-gravity" effect, so remarkably small compared to theoretical expectations?
- Authors:
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- MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 987881
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-83268-2008-CP
BSA3
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-98CH10886
- Resource Type:
- Multimedia
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Brookhaven Science Associates' Distinguished Lecture Series, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York (United States), presented on November 06, 2008
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; 79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; INFLATIONARY THEORY; COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANT; ANTI-GRAVITY EFFECT; DARK ENERGY
Citation Formats
Guth, Alan. Inflationary Cosmology: Is Our Universe Part of a Multiverse?. United States: N. p., 2008.
Web.
Guth, Alan. Inflationary Cosmology: Is Our Universe Part of a Multiverse?. United States.
Guth, Alan. Thu .
"Inflationary Cosmology: Is Our Universe Part of a Multiverse?". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/987881.
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