Theoretical Cosmology Meetings

Weekly meeting on theoretical cosmology research, mainly supported by our STFC consolidated grant, covering the very early universe, modified gravity, and dark energy. We meet Wednesdays from 1-2pm in DS 2.08.

Organiser: Vincent Vennin
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• Hayley Macpherson (Monash University, Melbourne), “Inhomogeneous cosmology in an anisotropic Universe” on 12th Jul 2017 1:00:pm ABSTRACT: Modern cosmology is based on the cosmological principle – that the Universe is sufficiently homogeneous and isotropic, on large scales, to be described by a Friedmann-Lemaitre-Robertson-Walker (FLRW) model. On scales smaller than ~80 h^-1 Mpc, however, the Universe is inhomogeneous and anisotropic. Upcoming cosmological surveys are expected to reach a precision at which general...