COLLOQUIUM DFA: Adam Riess
by
1/1-1 - Aula "A. Rostagni"
Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia - Edificio Marzolo
Speaker: Adam Riess
Affiliation: Johns Hopkins - Space Telescope Science Institute
Title: Surprises from the Expansion of the Universe
Date: November 16th 3 PM
Where: In presence Aula Rostagni, Zoom and YouTube
Link INDICO https://indico.dfa.unipd.it/event/578/
Zoom Link https://unipd.link/ColloquiumDFA-16-11-2022
YouTube Link: https://unipd.link/AulaRostagniUniPadovaDFA
Abstract: The Hubble constant remains one of the most important parameters in the cosmological model, setting the size and age scales of the Universe. Present uncertainties in the cosmological model including the nature of dark energy, the properties of neutrinos and the scale of departures from flat geometry can be constrained by measurements of the Hubble constant made to higher precision than was possible with the first generations of Hubble Telescope instruments. A streamlined distance ladder constructed from infrared observations of Cepheids and type Ia supernovae with ruthless attention paid to systematics now provide 1.4% precision and offer the means to do much better. By steadily improving the precision and accuracy of the Hubble constant, we now see evidence for 5 sigma deviations from the standard model, referred to as LambdaCDM, and thus the exciting chance, if true, of discovering new fundamental physics such as exotic dark energy, a new relativistic particle, or a small curvature to name a few possibilities. I will review recent and expected progress, most recently based on measurements by the SH0ES Team from the Hubble Space Telescope and Gaia EDR3.
