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SUMMARY:The Early Universe Information Bottleneck - Jonathan Frazer (DESY)
DTSTART:20180129T130000Z
DTEND:20180129T140000Z
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CONTACT:Tobias Baldauf
DESCRIPTION:A number of candidate embeddings of inflation in string theory
  now exist but clear statements about their predictions remain elusive. By
  combining numerical approaches to computing observables with recent devel
 opments in machine learning\, it is now possible to efficiently study how 
 predictions depend on modelling assumptions. We find an information bottle
 neck which can impose strong hierarchies in the sensitivity of predictions
  to different modelling ingredients. This provides hope that robust predic
 tions may possible despite significant holes in our understanding of the u
 nderlying construction. In this talk I will describe current work in progr
 ess\, using axion monodromy as an example.
LOCATION:CMS\, Pav. B\, CTC Common Room (B1.19) [Potter Room]
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