January 27, 1998:
Jaume Garriga, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
Models of Open Inflation
At Tufts, 2:30 p.m., refreshments at 2:00 p.m.
For abstract, click here.
February 3, 1998:
Lawrence H. Ford, Tufts University
Cosmological and Black Hole Horizon Fluctuations
At MIT, 2:30 p.m.
February 17, 1998:
David Kaiser, Harvard University
Post-Inflation Reheating: Studying Preheating in an Expanding
Universe
At Tufts, 2:30 p.m., refreshments at 2:00 p.m.
For abstract, click here.
February 24, 1998:
Paul Shellard, DAMTP, Cambridge University
Large-Scale Structure Formation: Are Cosmic Strings Still
Viable?
At MIT, 2:30 p.m.
March 10, 1998:
Peter Garnavich, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Constraints on Cosmological Models from High-z Supernovae
At Tufts, 2:30 p.m., refreshments at 2:00 p.m.
For abstract, click here.
March 17, 1998:
Dam Son, MIT
Magnetohydrodynamics of Early Universe and the Evolution of
Primordial Magnetic Field
At MIT, 2:30 p.m.
For abstract, click here.
March 24, 1998:
Sean Carroll, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University
of California, Santa Barbara
Outlandish Candidates for What Dominates the Universe
At CfA, 12:30 p.m.
March 31, 1998:
Serge Winitzki, Tufts
Geometrical Characterizations of Non-Gaussianity in the CMB
At Tufts, 2:30 p.m., refreshments at 2:00 p.m.
For abstract, click here.
April 7, 1998: No Seminar: the Universe Takes a Vacation
April 21, 1998:
Richard Gott, Princeton University
Can the Universe Create Itself?
At Tufts, 2:30 p.m., refreshments at 2:00 p.m.
April 28, 1998:
Joshua Frieman, Fermilab
Probing Inflation and Structure Formation with Galaxy Surveys
At MIT, 2:30 p.m.
May 12, 1998:
Ken Olum, Tufts University
Faster-Than-Light Travel and the Weak Energy Condition
At Tufts, 2:30 p.m.
Change of room: Robinson 152, refreshments at 2:00 p.m. in
Robinson 153.
For abstract, click here.
May 19, 1998:
Bharat Ratra, Kansas State University
Is the Universe Open?
At MIT, 2:30 p.m.
For abstract, click here.