Project description
Modelling an inhomogeneous and anisotropic universe
Inhomogeneities in the distribution of matter are enough to skew scientists’ view of the universe, which has so far been assumed to be homogeneous and isotropic in space. The EU-funded BEHOMO project will study how cosmological structures (such as galaxies, galaxy clusters and the cosmic web) evolved and how the corresponding observables are modified in an inhomogeneous universe. Researchers will use numerical cosmology to follow this origin of cosmic structures and map the distribution of matter in the universe. Using these 3D models, researchers expect to lay out a good fraction of the observable universe: this effort will be necessary to test basic assumptions in cosmology, such as large-scale homogeneity and isotropy, with upcoming surveys such as the ESA’s Euclid space telescope.
Objective
I will carry out a research program to understand how cosmological structures evolve and how the corresponding observables are modified in an inhomogeneous universe. This project will place the field of inhomogeneous cosmologies into the era of precision cosmology. Indeed, it is very difficult to obtain the evolution of structures when the background is inhomogeneous and it has not been possible to fully constrain inhomogeneous cosmologies because of this lack of understanding. As I will argue, the most promising approach is via Numerical Cosmology. This justifies why this fellowship will be carried out at the Astronomical Observatory of Trieste under the supervision of Stefano Borgani, one of the world experts in Numerical Cosmology. The scientific motivation behind this effort is that cosmology is undergoing a crisis, facing, at the same time, unexplained components (dark matter and dark energy) and a >4sigma tension between local and global determinations of the Hubble constant. It is then imperative to test basic assumptions in cosmology, such as large-scale homogeneity and isotropy. These are indeed among the objectives of many major space- and earth-based international collaborations (Euclid, LSST, SKA), which will produce detailed maps of a good fraction of the observable universe. Only after carrying out these tests can one hope to discover the nature of dark matter and dark energy.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
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- natural sciences physical sciences astronomy astrophysics dark matter
- natural sciences physical sciences astronomy physical cosmology
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H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
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H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility
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MSCA-IF-EF-RI - RI – Reintegration panel
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(opens in new window) H2020-MSCA-IF-2019
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00136 ROMA
Italy
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