The Cosmological Model: an overview and an outlook - art. no. 022001

Alan Heavens

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Abstract / Description of output

The Standard Model of Cosmology has emerged from a number of independent lines of evidence, and accounts very well for most large-scale observations of the Universe. I present a brief review of the model, focussing on the underpinning observational data, and commenting on the strengths and weaknesses of each method. I review some of the current implications for inflation, Dark Matter and Dark Energy, and take a look forward to what may be learned from ambitious future cosmological surveys. The future prospects include the possibility of determining definitively whether the Dark Energy is Einstein's cosmology constant or alternatively an evolving scalar field, or even testing whether gravity is not General Relativity, but a manifestation of a higher-dimensional theory based on strings.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationTAUP2007: TENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TOPICS IN ASTROPARTICLE AND UNDERGROUND PHYSICS
EditorsK Inoue, A Suzuki, T Mitsuri
Place of PublicationBRISTOL
PublisherIOP Publishing
Pages22001-22001
Number of pages7
ISBN (Print)*****************
Publication statusPublished - 2008

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

  • COLD DARK-MATTER
  • GALAXY REDSHIFT SURVEY
  • OBSERVATIONAL EVIDENCE
  • IA SUPERNOVAE
  • CONSTRAINTS
  • CONSTANT
  • UNIVERSE
  • LAMBDA
  • ENERGY
  • MASS

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