detecting or falsifying the multiverse
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Daan Meerburg. David Spergel. Detecting or Falsifying the Multiverse. Is our observational Universe unique or is it part of a much larger multiverse? . What are the possible signatures in our observable Universe and how should the signatures be optimally extracted from the data?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Detecting or Falsifying the Multiverse
David Spergel
Daan Meerburg
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Is our observational Universe unique or is it part of a much larger multiverse?
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What are the possible signatures in our observable Universe and how should the signatures be optimally extracted from the data?
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*Negative Curvature
*Bubble collisions
*Vacuum from the Multiverse
We can measure the multiverse if:
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*Negative Curvature
De Sitter Parent Universe
Emerging Universe needs to be Negatively curved
Improve constraints using multiple data sets: e.g. redshift-space distortions andCMB-lensing galaxy correlations
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*Bubble Collisions
Stephen Feeney et al.
See e.g. Matthew Kleban’s group and talk
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*Vacuum from the Multiverse
What determines the state ? This will depend on the ground state of the parent Universe (inaccessible spacetime)
Question?Is there an observational difference between our Universe just being de Sitter or being a de Sitter bubble nucleated in a motherde Sitter space (aka the Multiverse)?
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vs
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*Vacuum from the MultiversePotential signatures
Requires development of new observational strategies/ estimators
Use CMB, LSS to constrain potential signatures
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