Dark Side of the Universe 2025

Why the DESI results should not be a surprise

Not scheduled

20m

A5502, Except B1007 on Wednesday

Parallel 1

Speaker

Prof. Robert Brandenberger (McGill University)

Description

The recent DESI results provide increasing evidence that the density of dark energy is time- dependent. I will recall why, from the point of view of fundamental theory, this result should not be surprising.