Can we prove that cosmic structures are of quantum mechanical origin?

Dates

2026-03-10 14:00
Dates
2026-03-10 15:30

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APC

Salle / Local

483A

Orateur/Orator

Vincent Vennin

Affiliation

LPENS

Pays / Country

FRANCE

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In the early universe, quantum vacuum fluctuations are amplified and stretched to large distances, giving rise to all cosmological structures observed in the universe. However, astronomers usually analyse the data with purely classical techniques and apparently never need to rely on the quantum formalism to understand them. So are there observational signatures of the quantum origins of primordial perturbations? If detected, what would we learn about quantum physics in gravitational contexts?

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