Challenging the standard cosmological model, London, 15-16 Apr 2024

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Subir Sarkar
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Challenging the standard cosmological model, London, 15-16 Apr 2024

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https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2024/04/cosmological-model/

Scientific discussion meeting organised by Prof James Binney FRS, Dr Roya Mohayaee, Prof John Peacock FRS & Prof Subir Sarkar
15-16 April 2024, 09:00-17:00, The Royal Society, London SW1Y 5AG
Enquiries: Scientific Programmes team <[Log in to view email]>

Is the universe simple enough to be adequately described by the standard ΛCDM cosmological model which assumes the isotropic and homogeneous Friedmann-Lemaître-Robertson-Walker metric? Tensions have emerged between the values of cosmological parameters estimated in different ways. Do these tensions signal that our model is too simple? Could a more sophisticated model account for the data without invoking a Cosmological Constant?

Free to attend - both in-person and on-line attendance available.
Advance registration is essential (an optional lunch is available to purchase during registration): https://rsproduction.powerappsportals.com/events/details/?id=a620b6c7-3a68-ee11-9ae7-6045bdf1e702

Meeting papers will be published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A.

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Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Monday 15 April

Session 1
Chair: Prof John Ellis FRS, King's College London, UK
09:00-09:05 Welcome by the Royal Society and organisers
09:05-09:30 The case that the standard model, dark matter and all, is a good approximation to reality, Prof Jim Peebles FRS, Princeton University, USA
09:30-09:45 Discussion
09:45-10:15 Challenges to the Lambda CDM Cosmology, Prof George Efstathiou FRS, University of Cambridge, UK
10:15-10:30 Discussion
10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-11:30 New JWST results: measuring the Hubble Constant, Prof Wendy Freedman FRS, University of Chicago, USA
11:30-11:45 Discussion
11:45-12:15 The S8 tension (TBC), Dr Alexandra Amon, University of Cambridge, UK
12:15-12:30 Discussion
12:30-13:30 Lunch

Session 2
Chair: Prof Ruth Durrer, University of Geneva, Switzerland
13:30-14:00 Do we understand the growth of structure over cosmic time? A CMB Lensing story, Prof Mathew Madhavacheril, University of Pennsylvania, USA
14:00-14:15 Discussion
14:15-14:45 The ISW puzzle, Prof István Szapudi, University of Hawai‘i, USA
14:45-15:00 Discussion
15:00-15:30 Break
15:30-16:00 The Ellis-Baldwin test, Dr Nathan Secrest, US Naval Observatory, Washington, USA
16:00-16:15 Discussion
16:15-16:45 Tests of the LCDM paradigm, Prof Chris Clarkson, Queen Mary University of London, UK
16:45-17:00 Discussion

17:00-18:15
Poster session
If you would like to apply to present a poster please submit your proposed title, abstract (less than 200 words and in third person), author list, name of the proposed presenter & institution to <[Log in to view email]> no later than Monday 4 March. Please include ‘Poster abstract submission’ in the subject line. Note that places are limited and posters are selected at the scientific organisers’ discretion.

Tuesday 16 April

Session 1
Chair: Prof Pedro Ferreira, University of Oxford, UK
09:00-09:30 Investigating ultra-large large-scale structures: potential implications for cosmology, Alexia Lopez, University of Central Lancashire, UK
09:30-09:45 Discussion
09:45-10:15 Probing the isotropy of the local Universe with galaxy clusters, Dr Konstantinos Migkas, Leiden University, The Netherlands
10:15-10:30 Discussion
10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-11:30 Challenges to the standard cosmological model from large-scale bulk flow estimates, Prof Richard Watkins, Willamette University, USA
11:30-11:45 Discussion
11:45-12:15 Do supernovae indicate an accelerating Universe?, Dr Mohamed Rameez, Tata Institute for Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India
12:15-12:30 Discussion
12:30-13:30 Lunch

Session 2
Chair: Prof Joseph Silk FRS, Institut Astrophysique de Paris, France & Johns Hopkins University, USA & University of Oxford, UK
13:30-14:00 Quantum gravity & Lambda, Prof Georgi Dvali, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Germany
14:00-14:15 Discussion
14:15-14:45 Reflecting the Universe in a mirror, Dr Oliver HE Philcox, Columbia University and Simons Foundation, USA
14:45-15:00 Discussion
15:00-15:30 Break
15:30-16:00 The future, Prof Nathalie Palanque-Delabrouille, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
16:00-16:15 Discussion
16:15-17:00
Panel Discussion
Prof Subir Sarkar, Prof James Binney FRS, Dr Roya Mohayaee, Prof John Peacock FRS, Prof John Ellis FRS, Prof Ruth Durrer, Prof Pedro Ferreira, Prof Joseph Silk FRS
Subir Sarkar
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Re: Challenging the standard cosmological model, London, 15-16 Apr 2024

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Reminder for Poster Session (submission deadline: 4 March):

If you wish to present a poster, please submit title, abstract, author list, name of presenter and institution to scientific.meetings@royalsociety.org. Please write ‘Poster abstract submission’ in the email subject field.
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Re: Challenging the standard cosmological model, London, 15-16 Apr 2024

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Dear Professor Sarkar,

I wonder if poster papers will be considered for inclusion in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A.

How much is the registration fee for participating in the meeting?

Thank you.

Sincerely,
rajendra gupta

Rajendra Gupta, Ph.D., FRAS
Invited / Adjunct Professor
Department of Physics
University of Ottawa
STEM Complex, Room 508
150 Louis-Pasteur Pvt.
Ottawa, ON, Canada K1N6N5
(613) 355 3760
rgupta4@uottawa.ca
Subir Sarkar
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Re: Challenging the standard cosmological model, London, 15-16 Apr 2024

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There is no registration fee. Only invited talks are published in the Proceedings.

The meeting room is now full - but registration for on-line participation will remain open.
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