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Abstract
This lecture will provide a brief overview of the Standard Model of Cosmology. Within this framework, the main challenges in astroparticle physics will be outlined, including the Lithium problem, the Hubble tension, the abundance of dark matter, the baryon asymmetry of the Universe, the paradigm of cosmological inflation, the growing tension in neutrino mass detection, and others. The aim of the lecture is to highlight the beauty and richness of the field of astroparticle physics and to inspire young researchers.
BIO
Dr. Adam Smetana earned his PhD from Charles University in Prague, conducting his research at the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences. He currently serves as the Scientific Secretary of the Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics (IEAP) at the Czech Technical University in Prague. He is a member of the council of the European Consortium for Astroparticle Theory (EuCAPT), representing the group of Czech Astroparticle Theorists (CzAPT). He also leads the astroparticle physics group at the Department of Theory and Modeling at IEAP. His primary scientific interests include neutrino astroparticle physics, electromagnetic properties of neutrinos and dark matter, gravitational waves in media, aspects of quantum field theory of gravitons, and nonperturbative aspects of non-Abelian theories.
