Beyond the Standard Model of Physics with Astronomical Observations

Abstract

There has been significant recent progress in observational cosmology. This, in turn, has provided an unprecedented picture of the early universe and its evolution. In this review I will present a (biased) view of how one can use these observational results to constraint fundamental physics and in particular physics beyond the standard model.

Invited Talk at BW2013

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