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173 - Ken Olum: What Are Cosmic Strings?

173 - Ken Olum: What Are Cosmic Strings?

Robinson's Podcast vor 2 Jahren

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Ken Olum is Research Professor in the Department of Physics and
Astronomy at Tufts University, where he works on exotic physics
and topics in cosmology like cosmic strings, gravitational waves,
anthropic reasoning, and inflation. In this episode, Robinson and
Ken talk all about cosmic strings, which are spindly,
hypothesized astronomical objects of intense mass and energy that
may have been created in the earliest periods of the universe.

OUTLINE

00:00 In This Episode…

00:27 Introduction

03:00 Exotic Astrophysics and NANOGrav

16:19 What Are Cosmic Strings?

37:14 String Theory and the Multiverse

42:34 Details About Cosmic Strings

48:46 How Can We Detect Cosmic Strings?

01:00:03 Travel Within the Multiverse

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