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Do We Have Evidence for New Physics in the Sky?

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-11 v1 Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

Predicting signatures of string theory on cosmological observables is not sufficient. Often the observable effects string theory may impact upon the cosmological arena may equally be predicted by features of inflationary physics. The question: what observable signatures are unique to new physics, is thus of crucial importance for claiming evidence for the theory. Here we discuss recent progress in addressing the above question. The evidence relies on identifying discrepancies between the source terms that give rise to large scale structure (LSS) and CMB, by cross-correlating the weak lensing potential maps LSS with the CMB spectra.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0510101,
  title  = {Do We Have Evidence for New Physics in the Sky?},
  author = {Laura Mersini-Houghton},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0510101},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

Invited Review to appear in MPLA. Based on work done with Steen Hannestad