Cosmological tensions and how to ease them
PIRSA ID:
20120028
Series:
Cosmology and Gravitation
Event Type:
Seminar
Scientific Area(s):
Cosmology
End date:
Speaker(s):
- Nils Schöneberg, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH Aachen University)
Tensions between measurements in the early and the late universe could be the first hint of new physics beyond the cosmological standard model. In particular, the clustering of large scale structure and the current value of the Hubble parameter show intriguing discrepancies between measurements in the early and late universe. In this talk, I review the most common ways of easing these two tensions and focus specifically on parameter extensions and various models of dark matter, such as warm dark matter, cannibalistic dark matter, dark matter interactions, and dark radiation. To constrain these models a variety of cosmological probes, both current and future, is required at different scales and redshifts.