Inhomogeneous Cosmologies
During 2-7 July 2017 we are gathering experts in inhomogeneous
cosmology for a small workshop of about 30 participants at Nicolaus
Copernicus University in Torun, the town where Copernicus was
born. We wish to map out the most promising directions for
analytical, numerical and observational investigations aimed to take
into account both structure formation and cosmological expansion
within the constraints of general relativity. A key motivating
theme will be to discuss the claim, already investigated in numerous
peer-reviewed papers, that "dark energy" as inferred from
observations is an artefact of assuming an average Friedmannian
expansion. We expect vigorous, constructive debate between
"one-percenters" and "order-unity" proponents, and practical
hands-on sessions of free-licensed inhomogeneous cosmology software
packages.
We will post a formal announcement and registration details by early
2017 at http://cosmo.torun.pl/CosmoTorun17.
Contact: cosmotorun17 at cosmo.torun.pl
Feel free to redistribute this pre-announcement.
Organising committee: Boud Roukema, Thomas Buchert, Krzysztof Bolejko,
Mikolaj Korzynski, Jan Ostrowski, Sebastian Szybka, David Wiltshire
