Three Tests of LambdaCDM
Abstract
The observational evidence for the acceleration of the universe demonstrates that canonical theories of gravitation and particle physics are incomplete, if not incorrect. A new generation of astronomical facilities will shortly be able to carry out precision consistency tests of the standard cosmological model and search for evidence of new physics beyond it. I describe some of these tests, focusing on the universality of nature's fundamental couplings and the characterization of the properties of dark energy. I will also comment on prospects for forthcoming ESA and ESO facilities in which the CAUP Dark Side team is involved.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1212.5927,
title = {Three Tests of LambdaCDM},
author = {C. J. A. P. Martins},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1212.5927},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
Summarizes invited review talk at Multicosmofun'12, to appear in the proceedings (eds. M.P. D{\ka}browski, A. Balcerzak and T. Denkiewicz)