ABSTRACT:We discuss how the primordial universe can be used to probe high energy physics. For this purpose, the following topics will be covered: (1) An overview of cosmologicalcorrelation functions (non-Gaussianities). (2) Using inflation as a collider to probe the particle physics Standard Model and Beyond Standard Model physics. (3) Distinguishing inflation and alternative-to-inflation models from the outcome of the cosmological collider. (4) Probing the quantum aspects of the primordial universe.
BIO:Prof. Yi Wang got his PhD in 2009 at Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He was then postdoc at McGill University and IPMU at University of Tokyo, and the Stephen Hawking Fellow at University of Cambridge. He is now assistant professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
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