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Friday, 20 September 2013, 14:30 in AQ3150

Prof. Christopher Stubbs (Harvard University)

The dark energy crisis in the longer term (physics colloquium)
The discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe, driven by "Dark Energy", is an indication that our understanding of fundamental physics is incomplete. In particular, the Dark Energy mystery lies at the intersection of gravity and quantum mechanics where we have trouble knitting together a consistent theoretical picture. In some ways our current situation is similar to the circumstances before the advent of quantum mechanics, with experimental results that don't fit into our existing theoretical framework. I will present an overview of the Dark Energy crisis we face, review some of the work in progress, and sketch out some scenarios that might lie in our longer term future.

Seminars in 2013:

2013-09-10 14:00 in P8445B - Andrei Frolov (SFU): Intermittent non-Gaussianity

2013-09-20 14:30 in AQ3150 - Christopher Stubbs (Harvard University): The dark energy crisis in the longer term (physics colloquium)

2013-10-01 14:00 in P8445B - Ali Narimani (UBC): Minimal parameterizations for modified gravity

2013-10-04 14:30 in AQ3150 - Joseph Polchinski (KITP): The black hole information paradox, alive and kicking (physics colloquium)

2013-10-08 14:00 in P8445B - Yin-Zhe Ma (UBC): Cosmic peculiar velocity field

2013-10-22 14:00 in P8445B - Alireza Hojjati (SFU): Cosmology with strong lensing time delays

2013-10-29 14:00 in P8445B - Levon Pogosian (SFU): Primordial magnetism in CMB polarization

2013-11-01 14:30 in AQ3150 - Neil Turok (Perimeter Institute): On quantum tunnelling (physics colloquium)

2013-11-12 14:00 in P8445B - Jun-Qi Guo (SFU): Spherical collapse in f(R) gravity

2013-11-19 14:00 in P8445B - Jes Ford (UBC): Weighing galaxy clusters with weak lensing magnification

2014-01-28 14:00 in P8445B - Ivan Agullo (Louisiana State University): Conformal anomaly and primordial magnetic fields

2014-03-04 14:00 in P8445B - Thomas Kephart (Vanderbilt University): Helicity conservation and generalized Beltrami fields

2014-04-08 14:00 in P8445B - Zhiqi Huang (CITA, University of Toronto): Inflation trajectories after Planck and BICEP2

2014-05-06 16:00 in Saywell 10081 - Rocky Kolb (University of Chicago): The Quantum and the Cosmos (public lecture)

2014-08-15 14:00 in P8445B - Dmitri Pogosyan (University of Alberta): Topology of the Universe from Planck CMB data

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Modified by Andrei Frolov <frolov@sfu.ca> on 2023-11-01

2013-09-10 14:00 in P8445B	- Andrei Frolov (SFU): Intermittent non-Gaussianity
2013-09-20 14:30 in AQ3150	- Christopher Stubbs (Harvard University): The dark energy crisis in the longer term (physics colloquium)
2013-10-01 14:00 in P8445B	- Ali Narimani (UBC): Minimal parameterizations for modified gravity
2013-10-04 14:30 in AQ3150	- Joseph Polchinski (KITP): The black hole information paradox, alive and kicking (physics colloquium)
2013-10-08 14:00 in P8445B	- Yin-Zhe Ma (UBC): Cosmic peculiar velocity field
2013-10-22 14:00 in P8445B	- Alireza Hojjati (SFU): Cosmology with strong lensing time delays
2013-10-29 14:00 in P8445B	- Levon Pogosian (SFU): Primordial magnetism in CMB polarization
2013-11-01 14:30 in AQ3150	- Neil Turok (Perimeter Institute): On quantum tunnelling (physics colloquium)
2013-11-12 14:00 in P8445B	- Jun-Qi Guo (SFU): Spherical collapse in f(R) gravity
2013-11-19 14:00 in P8445B	- Jes Ford (UBC): Weighing galaxy clusters with weak lensing magnification
2014-01-28 14:00 in P8445B	- Ivan Agullo (Louisiana State University): Conformal anomaly and primordial magnetic fields
2014-03-04 14:00 in P8445B	- Thomas Kephart (Vanderbilt University): Helicity conservation and generalized Beltrami fields
2014-04-08 14:00 in P8445B	- Zhiqi Huang (CITA, University of Toronto): Inflation trajectories after Planck and BICEP2
2014-05-06 16:00 in Saywell 10081	- Rocky Kolb (University of Chicago): The Quantum and the Cosmos (public lecture)
2014-08-15 14:00 in P8445B	- Dmitri Pogosyan (University of Alberta): Topology of the Universe from Planck CMB data