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SUMMARY:Alexander Vilenkin (Professor\, Tufts University)
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DESCRIPTION:Title: <a href="https://researchseminars.org/talk/QASTM/27/">B
 lack holes from cosmic inflation</a>\nby Alexander Vilenkin (Professor\, T
 ufts University) as part of Quantum Aspects of Space-Time and Matter\n\n\n
 Abstract\nCosmic inflation is a period of rapid\, accelerated expansion in
  the early history of the universe. Inflation explains some puzzling featu
 res of the big bang that had to be postulated before and makes predictions
  that have been confirmed by observations. In this talk\, I will argue tha
 t inflation generically predicts the formation of black holes with a very 
 wide spectrum of masses. This effect may account for supermassive black ho
 les observed at the centers of most galaxies\, for black hole mergers obse
 rved by the LIGO interferometer\, and for the mysterious dark matter. It a
 lso has important implications for the global structure of the universe.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/QASTM/27/
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