Posted: May 28, 2022 7:40 am
The current "most favoured" model is known as the Big Bang Inflation +ΛCDM (cosmological constant, Cold Dark Matter) scenario that has been moulded to accommodate almost all of the most recent of observations. Professor George Efstathiou of the University of Cambridge hosted the 22nd Hintze lecture, posted to the internet at the end of 2021, and asks: the legacy from Planck: do we have a standard model of cosmology? He gathers data, provides explanations and finishes with a Q&A that brings forward some of the competing ideas. An hour and a quarter presentation...