Randomness and order in the exact sciences

Quantum physics in the large and small

Wednesday 4 September 2013
House of the Estates
Säätytalo, Helsinki, Finland

Kari Enqvist
University of Helsinki


	Academy of Finland Research professor. Member of the Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters. His research interests include the early universe and cosmology.

Title: Origin of structure in the universe.

Abstract: According to theory of inflation, structure in the universe was generated by random quantum fluctuations in the very early universe, which were made macroscopic by the superluminal expansion. The spectrum of fluctuations has now been measured very accurately by the Planck satellite.

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