SEMINAR      Thursday 7 April 2005 - h. 17:00  Auditorium B. Touschek     A. Riotto  (INFN Padova) Primordial inflation explains why the universe is accelerating today: was Einstein right even when he said he was wrong? Abstract    We propose an explanation for the present accelerated expansion of the universe that does not invoke dark energy or a modification of gravity and is firmly rooted in inflationary cosmology.