Antony Lewis: Concordance, tensions and gravitational lensing

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Cosmological measurements from the cosmic microwave background, large-scale structure, lensing, supernovae and other data are now able to constrain multiple cosmological parameters to percent-level precision within in the context of the standard Lambda-CDM cosmology. Disagreements between these measurements assuming Lambda-CDM could provide strong evidence for beyond-Lambda-CDM physics. I review the status of current measurements and their agreement (or otherwise) within the standard cosmological model. I’ll mention some possible types of model extensions that could help to resolve H0 tensions and how new physics might be pinned down by forthcoming data. Galaxy and CMB lensing provide interesting complementary constraints; I’ll show the state-of-the-art results from CMB lensing, compare with galaxy lensing and discuss possible implications.

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Event organized by CEICOCentral European Institute for Cosmology and Fundamental Physics.
Please contact Roberto Oliveri or Gizem Sengor for further info.