Theory Group Qualifier

Robert Rosati, UT-Austin

"Observables from Multi-field Inflation in Random Potentials"

1:00pm, RLM 15.202A (Astronomy Conference Room)

Abstract: Cosmic inflation with O(100) scalar degrees of freedom is a natural prediction of UV-complete fundamental theories. By using a method developed by McAllister et al. based on non-equilibrium random matrix theory, we sample an ensemble of random inflationary potentials with the goal of studying observables and large-N_f attractor behavior. Preliminary results and avenues for improvement of the method will be discussed.