2–5 May 2023
Palais des papes, Avignon
Europe/Paris timezone

A cosmological model where the expansion is blind to the spatial curvature

3 May 2023, 17:30
20m
Chambre du Trésorier (Palais des papes, Avignon)

Chambre du Trésorier

Palais des papes, Avignon

Speaker

Vigneron Quentin (Copernicus University of Toruń)

Description

I will present a new cosmological model in which the expansion is no longer affected by spatial curvature (i.e. Ω = 1, ∀ Ω_k), while the measure of distances still requires this curvature. The model originates from a modification of Einstein's equation in a which a term related to the topology of the Universe is added. First, I will present the main motivation for this modification, which is related to the existence of the non-relativistic limit for any topology. Then, I will present the model and discuss its consequences on the value of the spatial curvature inferred from observations, in particular with respect to the recent ``curvature tension''.

Primary author

Vigneron Quentin (Copernicus University of Toruń)

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