Cosmic Conundrums

WEBINAR 

Inaugural session of the Silver Jubilee celebrations of the Centre for Philosophy and Foundations of Science and President of the World Institute for Advanced Study

Conformal Cyclic Cosmology

Lecture by Prof. Roger Penrose, Nobel Laureate (Physics 2020), Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics & Emeritus Fellow at Wadham College, Oxford University

Panelist: Alexia M. Lopez, Jeremiah Horrocks Institute, University of Central Lancashire, UK, discoverer of the Big Ring

Chair: Prof. Ranjit Nair, Director CPFS and President WIAS

Conformal Cyclic Cosmology (CCC), was put forward earlier this century to explain the extraordinary uniformity of the Big Bang, as contrasted with the hugely complicated singularities expected in black holes. According to CCC, the Big Bang is the conformal continuation of the remote expanding future of a previous cosmic aeon. Earlier supportive observations, though confirmed to a high confidence level, are not widely accepted in cosmology. The recent discovery by Alexia Lopez of giants rings of galaxies, can be seen as providing strong support for CCC

(Collaboration: Centre for Philosophy and Foundations of Science)

Registration link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5IR4YzL3RCSVY06J77MFYA