Detection of B-Mode Polarization at Degree Angular Scales by BICEP2

by Mr Yannick Wunderlich (HISKP, Uni Bonn)

Thursday 17 Dec 2015, 12:30 → 13:30 Europe/Berlin

Besprechungsraum (HISKP, Uni Bonn)

The mail goal of the series of Yannick's talks is to explain the basics of the gravitational theory. The lectures are inspired by the recent BICEP2 observations see the paper

Part 1: introduction to general relativity, cosmology.

Part 2: history of the universe, inflation.

Part 3: Gravitational waves.

Part 4: BECEP2 experiment, evidence of gravitational waves.