Guilherme L. Pimentel

Title: The structure of the initial conditions of the universe
Abstract: I will review what we know about the initial conditions of the universe from observations. Then, I will explain how they arise within the framework of inflation, and describe recent progress in classifying (or “bootstrapping”) the possible correlation functions between primordial fluctuations. Finally, time permitting, I will touch upon work in progress trying to apply the bootstrap philosophy to more general cosmologies.