[astroseminar at Sapienza] 05/10/2018 at 16:00: Martin Lopez Corredoira

[Elia Battistelli]

Title: Problems with the dark matter and dark energy hypotheses, and 
alternative ideas.
Speaker:  Martin Lopez Corredoira
Institution: Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias
Date: Friday, 05 October 2018
Time: 4:00pm
Location: Aula Conversi, Marconi Building, Dept. of Physics, Sapienza 
University

Abstract:
Non-baryonic dark matter and dark energy are two exotic elements 
introduced in standard cosmology. The success in converting a hypothesis 
into a solid theory depends strongly on whether we are able to solve the 
problems in explaining observations with these dark elements and whether 
the solutions of these problems are unique within the standard paradigm 
without recourse to alternative scenarios. That goal has not achieved 
yet because of numerous inconsistencies, mainly on galactic scales, the 
non-detection so far of candidate particles for dark matter, and the 
existence of many alternative hypotheses that might substitute the 
standard picture. A review of some ideas and facts is given here.

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