Speaker
Edward Wright
(UCLA)
Description
Cosmology has advanced from "2.5 facts" in 1963 to a very data-rich
field today. This has led to the determination of the baryon
density, the dark matter density, and the dark energy density. But
more facts lead to a greater reliance on advanced statistical
techniques, which are usually useful but occasionally misleading.
It is important to consider "look elsewhere effects", and to remember
that even the true model will not fit all the data. In this talk
I will discuss the most secure benchmarks in the current observational
landscape.
