24–28 Aug 2026
Leiden University
Europe/Zurich timezone

The Universe is Not Statistically Isotropic

Not scheduled
20m
Gorlaeus gebouw (Leiden University)

Gorlaeus gebouw

Leiden University

Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC Leiden
Talk Cosmic Microwave Background

Speaker

Glenn David Starkman (Case Western Reserve University (US))

Description

We have long celebrated the great success of cosmology in predicting the observed properties of the cosmic microwave background. And yet, for over two decades there has been consistent and slowly mounting evidence that on large scales the CMB is anomalous. The evidence is consistent from experiment to experiment and it implies the violation of statistical isotropy. I will discuss this evidence, why it is so compelling, and where it may be pointing us.

Other topic / keywords: cosmic topology

Author

Glenn David Starkman (Case Western Reserve University (US))

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