ICCUB seminar. Nicola Tamanini: “Cosmology with gravitational waves”
2016-06-27
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Next Monday June 27th at noon, the Pere Pascual classroom of the Faculty of Physics of the University of Barcelona holds the seminar “Comsology with gravitational waves” by Nicola Tamanini, Saclay, SphT.
After a short review on the current status of gravitational wave observations, I will consider the interesting applications of gravitational wave astronomy to cosmology, focusing in particular on the possible outcomes of the eLISA mission. I will briefly discuss what kind of high-energy physics will be possible to probe with eLISA at early-times. I will then explain the concept of standard sirens and how these can be employed to probe the late-time expansion of the universe.
Finally, considering realistically simulated astrophysical data, I will present eLISA forecast constraints on both standard and alternative cosmological models and compare them with current observations.