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Alexei Starobinsky and Modern Cosmology

High Energy Physics - Theory 2025-11-14 v2 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

Alexei Starobinsky is one of the main authors of inflationary cosmology. Here I will discuss the Starobinsky model and its generalizations, including the theory of α\alpha-attractors. I will then describe the current status of these models in light of the latest observational results from ACT, SPT, and DESI.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2509.01675,
  title  = {Alexei Starobinsky and Modern Cosmology},
  author = {Andrei Linde},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.01675},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

20 pages, 4 figures, references added

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