Hubble troubles

25 mai 2021, 15:00
40m

Orateur

Prof. Licia Verde (ICREA Barcelona)

Description

The distance ladder relying on supernovae yields higher values of the Hubble constant H0 than those inferred from the inverse distance ladder, calibrated on early-time physics and  relying on observations typically involving  cosmic microwave background (CMB) in combination with  galaxy surveys. Such discrepancy has come to be known as the ‘Hubble tension’.  This has motivated the exploration of extensions to the standard cosmological model in which higher values of H0 can be obtained from CMB measurements and galaxy surveys. The trouble, however, goes beyond H0; such modifications affect other quantities too, such as cosmic times, age of the Universe and the matter density. Any  Hubble trouble has implications well beyond  H0 itself. I will recap some recent results and  try to look at the tension in both a model-dependent and model independent way.

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