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SUMMARY:Does Quantum Gravity constrain Large-Field Inflation?
DTSTART:20171211T140000
DTEND:20171211T150000
DTSTAMP:20260508T053755Z
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Arthur Hebecker (Heidelberg)\nI will start by recalling the th
 eoretical interest in large-field inflation and its relation to potential 
 future observations\, e.g. through primordial gravitational waves. I will 
 then outline the possible fundamental obstructions to realizing such infla
 tionary scenarios\, both in string theory and in quantum gravity in genera
 l. The focus will in particular be on the recent scientific debate in the 
 context of the Weak Gravity Conjecture\, Gravitational Instantons and the 
 Swampland Paradigm.
LOCATION:BSP 727 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==BSP%20727
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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