CDM: much more than we expected, but now less than what we want

DOI10.1007/S10701-018-0178-8MaRDI QIDQ1735855zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Michael S. Turner

Publication date 29 March 2019

Published in Foundations of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2109.01760

zbMATH Keywords

cosmologyearly universegravitationlimits of scientific cosmologyparticle physics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05) Gravitational interaction in quantum theory (81V17) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Astrophysical cosmology (85A40)

Abstract: The $mLambda$CDM cosmological model is remarkable: with just 6 parameters it describes the evolution of the Universe from a very early time when all structures were quantum fluctuations on subatomic scales to the present, and it is consistent with a wealth of high-precision data, both laboratory measurements and astronomical observations. However, the foundation of $mLambda$CDM involves physics beyond the standard model of particle physics: particle dark matter, dark energy and cosmic inflation. Until this `new physics' is clarified, $mLambda$CDM is at best incomplete and at worst a phenomenological construct that accommodates the data. I discuss the path forward, which involves both discovery and disruption, some grand challenges and finally the limits of scientific cosmology.

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