Superstring Cosmology
Coordinators: Thomas Banks, Sean Carroll, Juan Maldacena, Joe G. Polchinski, Gabriele Veneziano
This program will explore the intersection between string/M-theory and
cosmology. Topics will include the nature of the Big Bang
singularity, models of inflation based on string theory moduli, the study
of cosmologies which evolve from a Big Crunch to a Big Bang, cosmology
and the holographic principle, the quantum theory of asymptotically De
Sitter universes, and possible imprints of string physics on
observational cosmology.