Name: Standard cosmology at the threshold of change?
Start: 2024-06-03T17:00:00+03:00
End: 2024-06-07T11:00:00+03:00
Location: University Central Library

Standard cosmology at the threshold of change?

from Monday 3 June 2024 (17:00) to Friday 7 June 2024 (11:00)

Monday 3 June 2024

17:00 Registration
Registration
17:00 - 19:00

19:00 Welcome Drinks
Welcome Drinks
19:00 - 20:00
Tuesday 4 June 2024
09:15 Cosmological Insights into Quantum Gravity - Loeb, Abraham (Harvard University, USA)
Cosmological Insights into Quantum Gravity
- Loeb, Abraham (Harvard University, USA)
09:15 - 10:00
Room: Amphitheatre
10:00 Some Quite Obvious Observational Constraints on Cosmological Models - Kroupa, Pavel (University of Bonn, Germany)
Some Quite Obvious Observational Constraints on Cosmological Models
- Kroupa, Pavel (University of Bonn, Germany)
10:00 - 10:45
Room: Amphitheatre
10:45 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:45 - 11:15
Room: Amphitheatre
11:15 Hubble Tension Tomography - Perivolaropoulos, Leandros (University of Ioannina)
Hubble Tension Tomography
- Perivolaropoulos, Leandros (University of Ioannina)
11:15 - 11:55
Room: Amphitheatre
11:55 TBA - di Valentino, Eleonora (University of Sheffield, UK)
TBA
- di Valentino, Eleonora (University of Sheffield, UK)
11:55 - 12:35
Room: Amphitheatre
12:35 The Challenges of Using Baryonic Acoustic Oscillations for Cosmology - Anselmi, Stefano (INFN Padova, Italy)
The Challenges of Using Baryonic Acoustic Oscillations for Cosmology
- Anselmi, Stefano (INFN Padova, Italy)
12:35 - 13:10
Room: Amphitheatre
13:10 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
13:10 - 15:30
Room: Amphitheatre
15:30 Hubble Tension in the Light of Gravitational Waves, Post-Reionization and Galaxy Surveys - Pal, Supratik
Hubble Tension in the Light of Gravitational Waves, Post-Reionization and Galaxy Surveys
- Pal, Supratik
15:30 - 16:00
Room: Amphitheatre
16:00 Field-Level Inferences of Galaxy Clustering - Tsaprazi, Eleni (Imperial College,UK)
Field-Level Inferences of Galaxy Clustering
- Tsaprazi, Eleni (Imperial College,UK)
16:00 - 16:30
Room: Amphitheatre
16:30 El Gordo galaxy cluster: a massive blow to ΛCDM cosmology - Asencio, Elena (University of Bonn, Germany)
El Gordo galaxy cluster: a massive blow to ΛCDM cosmology
- Asencio, Elena (University of Bonn, Germany)
16:30 - 17:00
Room: Amphitheatre
17:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
17:00 - 17:30
Room: Amphitheatre
17:30 A Bayesian Analysis of Anisotropies in Cluster Scaling Relationships - Yasin, Tariq (University of Oxford, UK)
A Bayesian Analysis of Anisotropies in Cluster Scaling Relationships
- Yasin, Tariq (University of Oxford, UK)
17:30 - 17:50
Room: Amphitheatre
17:50 Gravitational Collapse, Cosmic Web and Almost Spherical Cows - Giani, Leonardo (University of Queensland, Australia)
Gravitational Collapse, Cosmic Web and Almost Spherical Cows
- Giani, Leonardo (University of Queensland, Australia)
17:50 - 18:10
Room: Amphitheatre
18:10 Constraining the shape of the Universe using Circle Searches - Deyan, Mihaylov (Case Western Reserve University, USA)
Constraining the shape of the Universe using Circle Searches
- Deyan, Mihaylov (Case Western Reserve University, USA)
18:10 - 18:30
Room: Amphitheatre
Wednesday 5 June 2024
09:00 A Challenge to Standard Cosmology from the Large-Scale Bulk Flow - Watkins, Richard (Willamette University, USA)
A Challenge to Standard Cosmology from the Large-Scale Bulk Flow
- Watkins, Richard (Willamette University, USA)
09:00 - 09:45
Room: Amphitheatre
09:45 The Universe is not Statistically Isotropic - Starkman, Glenn (Case Western Reserve University, USA)
The Universe is not Statistically Isotropic
- Starkman, Glenn (Case Western Reserve University, USA)
09:45 - 10:30
Room: Amphitheatre
10:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00
Room: Amphitheatre
11:00 The possible evolution of the Hubble constant tension in the Pantheon+ and the implications on statistical assumptions - Dainotti, Maria Giovanna (NAOJ, Japan)
The possible evolution of the Hubble constant tension in the Pantheon+ and the implications on statistical assumptions
- Dainotti, Maria Giovanna (NAOJ, Japan)
11:00 - 11:40
Room: Amphitheatre
11:40 Peculiar flows: evolution and implications - Tsagas, Christos (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)
Peculiar flows: evolution and implications
- Tsagas, Christos (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)
11:40 - 12:20
Room: Amphitheatre
12:20 The Impact of Screened Fifth Forces on the Local Distance Ladder - Desmond, Harry (ICG Portsmouth, UK)
The Impact of Screened Fifth Forces on the Local Distance Ladder
- Desmond, Harry (ICG Portsmouth, UK)
12:20 - 12:50
Room: Amphitheatre
12:50 How Improbable is our Universe: The Uncorrelated Anomalies of the CMB - Jones, Joan (Case Western Reserve University, USA)
How Improbable is our Universe: The Uncorrelated Anomalies of the CMB
- Jones, Joan (Case Western Reserve University, USA)
12:50 - 13:20
Room: Amphitheatre
13:20 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
13:20 - 15:30
Room: Amphitheatre
15:30 Exact Solutions of Cosmological Models with Peculiar Velocities - Sussman, Roberto (NAUM, Mexico)
Exact Solutions of Cosmological Models with Peculiar Velocities
- Sussman, Roberto (NAUM, Mexico)
15:30 - 16:00
Room: Amphitheatre
16:00 Pantheon+ and Friends: An Insight on Peculiar Velocities - Sorrenti, Fransesco (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
Pantheon+ and Friends: An Insight on Peculiar Velocities
- Sorrenti, Fransesco (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
16:00 - 16:20
Room: Amphitheatre
16:20 Joint solution to the Hubble and bulk flow tensions using the observed local supervoid and faster structure growth - Banik, Indranil (University of Saint Andrews, UK)
Joint solution to the Hubble and bulk flow tensions using the observed local supervoid and faster structure growth
- Banik, Indranil (University of Saint Andrews, UK)
16:20 - 16:40
Room: Amphitheatre
16:40 Apparent Acceleration and Doppler-like Dipole on the Observed q-Distribution - Asvesta, Kerkyra (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
Apparent Acceleration and Doppler-like Dipole on the Observed q-Distribution
- Asvesta, Kerkyra (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
16:40 - 17:00
Room: Amphitheatre
17:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
17:00 - 17:30
Room: Amphitheatre

20:00 Social Dinner
Social Dinner
20:00 - 23:00
Thursday 6 June 2024
09:00 Coupled Early Dark Energy - Trodden, Mark (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
Coupled Early Dark Energy
- Trodden, Mark (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
09:00 - 09:45
Room: Amphitheatre
09:45 S8 Tension - Kujigen, Koen (Leiden University, The Netherlands)
S8 Tension
- Kujigen, Koen (Leiden University, The Netherlands)
09:45 - 10:30
Room: Amphitheatre
10:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00
Room: Amphitheatre
11:00 Too Extreme for ΛCDM? The State of Play Since JWST in High-Redshift Galaxy Evolution - Lovell, Christopher (ICG Portsmouth, UK)
Too Extreme for ΛCDM? The State of Play Since JWST in High-Redshift Galaxy Evolution
- Lovell, Christopher (ICG Portsmouth, UK)
11:00 - 11:40
Room: Amphitheatre
11:40 The Hubble Tension as a Manifestation of the Fitting Problem - Clifton, Timothy (Queen Mary University of London, UK)
The Hubble Tension as a Manifestation of the Fitting Problem
- Clifton, Timothy (Queen Mary University of London, UK)
11:40 - 12:20
Room: Amphitheatre
12:20 Implications on Cosmology and Tensions of Extended Theories of Electromagnetism - Spallicci, Alessandro (Université d'Orléans, France)
Implications on Cosmology and Tensions of Extended Theories of Electromagnetism
- Spallicci, Alessandro (Université d'Orléans, France)
12:20 - 12:50
Room: Amphitheatre
12:50 Dimming of light in general relativity: On the possibility of emergent dark energy signatures when the strong energy condition is satisfied - Heinesen, Asta (Niels Bohr Institute, Denmark)
Dimming of light in general relativity: On the possibility of emergent dark energy signatures when the strong energy condition is satisfied
- Heinesen, Asta (Niels Bohr Institute, Denmark)
12:50 - 13:20
Room: Amphitheatre
13:20 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
13:20 - 15:30
Room: Amphitheatre
15:30 Anomalies in the CMB from a cosmic bounce - Kranas, Dimitris (LPENS, France)
Anomalies in the CMB from a cosmic bounce
- Kranas, Dimitris (LPENS, France)
15:30 - 16:00
Room: Amphitheatre
16:00 An Effective Hubble Constant in f(R) Modified Gravity - Schiavone, Tiziano (Galileo Galilei Institute for Theoretical Physics, Italy)
An Effective Hubble Constant in f(R) Modified Gravity
- Schiavone, Tiziano (Galileo Galilei Institute for Theoretical Physics, Italy)
16:00 - 16:20
Room: Amphitheatre
16:20 Addressing Cosmic Tensions with f(T) Gravity - Briffa, Rebecca (University of Malta, Malta)
Addressing Cosmic Tensions with f(T) Gravity
- Briffa, Rebecca (University of Malta, Malta)
16:20 - 16:40
Room: Amphitheatre
16:40 Natural Metric-Affine Inflation - Racioppi, Antonio (University of Tallinn, Estonia)
Natural Metric-Affine Inflation
- Racioppi, Antonio (University of Tallinn, Estonia)
16:40 - 17:00
Room: Amphitheatre
17:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
17:00 - 17:30
Room: Amphitheatre
17:30 Viscous Modified Ghost Scalar Field Dark Energy Models - Dhankar, Praveen Kumar (Nagpur, India)
Viscous Modified Ghost Scalar Field Dark Energy Models
- Dhankar, Praveen Kumar (Nagpur, India)
17:30 - 17:50
Room: Amphitheatre
17:50 Constraining Cosmological Models Using Fast Radio Burst Observations - Kalita, Surajit (University of Cape Town, SA)
Constraining Cosmological Models Using Fast Radio Burst Observations
- Kalita, Surajit (University of Cape Town, SA)
17:50 - 18:10
Room: Amphitheatre
Friday 7 June 2024

09:00 Discussion Session
Discussion Session
09:00 - 11:00
Room: Xanthopoulos classroom

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