Craig Hogan (University of Chicago)

Date: Tue. February 4th, 2020, 11:30 am-12:30 pm

Holographic Inflation: Symmetries in the relic pattern of primordial perturbations from a coherent quantum inflationary horizon

A reconciliation of quantum mechanics with gravity might be achieved in a holographic theory of quantum gravity, based on coherent states of covariant causal structures. This talk will review the properties of quantum-gravitational perturbations generated during cosmic holographic inflation, in which the inflationary horizon is a coherent quantum object, like the horizon of a black hole. A new analysis of cosmic anisotropy will be described, which shows evidence for some of the new symmetries.