Physical Society Colloquium

Do we understand the evolution of the very early universe

Robert Brandenberger

Department of Physics
McGill University

I will discuss the current paradigm of early universe cosmology, its successes and also its conceptual problems. I will argue that we need better insights from fundamental physics to develop an improved understanding of the very early universe, and that these new developments will be testable with cosmological observations. I will indicate a couple of new directions.