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PV: Plenarvorträge

PV 3: PV III

PV 3.1: Plenary Talk

Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 11:30–12:30, ZHG 011

The Mysteries of Cosmology — •Michael Turner — University of Chicago

Deep connections between the very large -- the cosmos -- and the very small -- quarks -- have shaped the Universe we see today and entangled the agendas of particle physics and cosmology. I discuss the present state of cosmology and the big mysteries that point to new physics -- dark matter, dark energy, inflation and the baryon asymmetry of the Universe -- and the prospects for progress.