Seminario M. Hazumi

Il giorno 31 gennaio alle ore 14,30 presso l'aula 412, Masashi Hazumi (KEK & ISAS/JAXA) terra' un seminario dal titolo

Probing Cosmic Inflation and Quantum Gravity with the LiteBIRD CMB Polarization Surve

Abstract

LiteBIRD is a space mission for primordial cosmology and fundamental physics. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) selected LiteBIRD as a strategic large-class (L-class) mission, with an expected launch in the late 2020s using JAXA's H3 rocket. LiteBIRD is planned to orbit the Sun-Earth Lagrangian point L2, where it will map the cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization over the entire sky for three years. The primary scientific objective of LiteBIRD is to search for the signal from cosmic inflation, either
making a discovery or ruling out well-motivated inflationary models. The measurements of LiteBIRD will also provide us with insight into the quantum nature of gravity and other new physics beyond the standard models of particle physics and cosmology. The LiteBIRD collaboration is international with a lot of members from Europe.
In this talk, I provide an overview of the LiteBIRD project.