The aim of the workshop is to review the status of the standard ΛCDM paradigm, draw attention to open issues that may question its foundations and robustness, as well as discuss alternatives that could alleviate the tensions, and consider possible future perspectives. The topics of debate include:
- Latest Measurements of Cosmological Parameters
- Theoretical and Observational Challenges to ΛCDM
- Alternatives to the ΛCDM paradigm
- Challenges to the Cosmological Principle
The meeting is organized by the Cosmology Group at the Astronomy Lab of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the venue is on the university campus, near the city center. The event is part of the three-year research project "Tilted Cosmology", funded by the Hellenic Foundation for Research & Innovation.
Among the confirmed Invited Speakers we have:
- Roy Maartens (University of Western Cape, SA & ICG, University of Portsmouth)
- Konstantinos Migkas (University of Bonn)
- Leandros Perivolaropoulos (University of Ioannina)
- Mohamed Rameez (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research)
- Subir Sarkar (Oxford University)
- Arman Shafieloo (Korea Astronomy & Space Science Institute)
Contact: Christos Tsagas (tsagas@astro.auth.gr); AUTH Observatory (grammat@astro.auth.gr)
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/cosmo-workshop/home