The Future of Cosmology
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Speaker : Prof. Joseph Silk (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, France & Johns Hopkins Univ., USA & Oxford Univ., UK)Location : Online IA-FORTH & Dept. of Physics Colloquium - N. Kylafis Lecture Date :
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2020 Nick Kylafis Lecture
One of the greatest challenges in cosmology is understanding the origin of the structure of the universe. The cosmic microwave background and large-scale surveys of galaxies have provided unique windows for probing cosmology and its inflationary origin. But where do we go next? Future experiments are planned with the next generation of observatories that will increase the current precision of cosmological measurements by an order of magnitude. However we need to do far better if there is to be a guaranteed science return that will definitively probe our cosmic origins. I shall argue that the ultimate goal for our future strategy must be astronomy from lunar-based telescopes.