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X-WR-CALNAME: IAC Talks: Open Astronomy Seminars
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CREATED:2014-04-08T12:30:00+01:00
X-WR-CALDESC: IAC Talks upcomming talks
SUMMARY:The discovery of the CMB B-mode polarization, a smoking-gun of Univ
 erse's inflation 
DESCRIPTION:The discovery of the CMB B-mode polarization, a smoking-gun of 
 Universe's inflation \nDr. Ricardo Genova Santos\n\nOn March 17 the team r
 esponsible for the BICEP2 experiment, a CMB telescope located in the South
  Pole, announced the discovery of the primordial B-mode signal in the CMB 
 polarization. This discovery inmediatly had a well-deserved impact in the 
 media world-wide. In fact, it is the first observational confirmation of a
  prediction from the inflationary model, which was proposed at the beginni
 ng of the 80s as a solution for some inconsistencies of the Big Bang model
 . In this talk I will put this discovery in the context of CMB research, w
 ith a historical perspective. I will emphasize the importance of this disc
 overy for Cosmology, and for Fundamental Physics, and will finally comment
  the prospects for the future, in particular the role of experiments like 
 Quijote that have to confirm this signal.
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