Axions and inflation & Axion stars

Abstract

We discuss some recent progress in the field of inflation, focusing on the advances within the models of Natural Inflation and Warm Inflation. Papers discussed: https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.16190 https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.04482 https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.11649 https://arxiv.org/abs/2009.14218

Luca Visinelli

Tenure-track Associate Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Fellow, Tsung-Dao Lee Institute

PhD in Physics, working on Particle Astrophysics and Dark Matter modeling.