Challenges for ΛCDM: An update

L Perivolaropoulos, F Skara - New Astronomy Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
A number of challenges to the standard Λ CDM model have been emerging during the past
few years as the accuracy of cosmological observations improves. In this review we discuss …

Probing cosmic inflation with the LiteBIRD cosmic microwave background polarization survey

LiteBIRD Collaboration, E Allys, K Arnold… - … of Theoretical and …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract LiteBIRD, the Lite (Light) satellite for the study of B-mode polarization and Inflation
from cosmic background Radiation Detection, is a space mission for primordial cosmology …

The astropy project: sustaining and growing a community-oriented open-source project and the latest major release (v5. 0) of the core package

AM Price-Whelan, PL Lim, N Earl… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The Python programming language is a high-level, interpreted (as opposed to compiled)
programming language that has become an industry standard across many computational …

The Astropy Project: sustaining and growing a community-oriented open-source project and the latest major release (v5. 0) of the core package

C Astropy, AM Price-Whelan, PL Lim, N Earl… - Astrophysical …, 2022 - real.mtak.hu
The Astropy Project supports and fosters the development of open-source and openly
developed Python packages that provide commonly needed functionality to the astronomical …

Is the observable Universe consistent with the cosmological principle?

PK Aluri, P Cea, P Chingangbam… - … and Quantum Gravity, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The cosmological principle (CP)—the notion that the Universe is spatially isotropic and
homogeneous on large scales—underlies a century of progress in cosmology. It is …

Finite-time cosmological singularities and the possible fate of the Universe

J de Haro, S Nojiri, SD Odintsov, VK Oikonomou, S Pan - Physics Reports, 2023 - Elsevier
Singularities in any physical theory are either remarkable indicators of the unknown
underlying fundamental theory, or indicate a change in the description of the physical reality …

The landscape of QCD axion models

L Di Luzio, M Giannotti, E Nardi, L Visinelli - Physics Reports, 2020 - Elsevier
We review the landscape of QCD axion models. Theoretical constructions that extend the
window for the axion mass and couplings beyond conventional regions are highlighted and …

Planck 2018 results-I. Overview and the cosmological legacy of Planck

N Aghanim, Y Akrami, F Arroja, M Ashdown… - Astronomy & …, 2020 - aanda.org
The European Space Agency's Planck satellite, which was dedicated to studying the early
Universe and its subsequent evolution, was launched on 14 May 2009. It scanned the …

Planck 2018 results-VI. Cosmological parameters

N Aghanim, Y Akrami, M Ashdown, J Aumont… - Astronomy & …, 2020 - aanda.org
We present cosmological parameter results from the final full-mission Planck measurements
of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropies, combining information from the …

CMB-S4 science case, reference design, and project plan

K Abazajian, G Addison, P Adshead, Z Ahmed… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2019 - arxiv.org
CMB-S4 Science Case, Reference Design, and Project Plan Page 1 CMB-S4 Science Case,
Reference Design, and Project Plan CMB-S4 Collaboration July 9, 2019 arXiv:1907.04473v1 …