by
Prof.Christophe Ringeval(Université catholique de Louvain)
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Europe/Brussels
Large seminar room (IIHE (ULB-VUB))
Large seminar room
IIHE (ULB-VUB)
VUB-building G- 1G003
Description
The 2013 release of the Planck satellite data has provided unprecedented measurements of the Cosmic Microwave Background anisotropies and much more. Together with a few new observables at our disposal, these results can now be used to improve our understanding of the early universe. After an introduction to CMB physics and a selected summary of the Planck 2013 results, we will illustrate over two examples, cosmic strings and inflation, how the Planck data give us a window to very high energy physics provided one uses enough precise and systematic theoretical predictions.