String theory is our best candidate for a theory of the physics at very short distances, but is very much a theory in search of an observable application. Inflation is a very successful phenomenological theory of cosmological initial conditions, but has proven difficult to embed into a real theory of short distances. Is each one the answer to the other's problem? I will describe the recent progress which has been made in bringing these two theories together.

Date: Tuesday, September 30, 2003
Time: 4:00 PM
Place: Concordia University, Loyola Campus, Science Pavilion (Building SP), 7141 Sherbrooke Street West, 3rd Floor
Room: SP 365.01
Contact: (514) 848-2424 ext 2595

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