Current Trends in Cosmology
A special issue of Astronomy (ISSN 2674-0346).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2025 | Viewed by 6918
Special Issue Editor
2. INFN-Sezione di Trieste, Via Valerio 2, 34127 Trieste, TS, Italy
Interests: cosmology; dark matter; extragalactic astrophysics
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Dear Colleagues,
Cosmology currently represents one of the most important frontiers of physics. The mystery of dark matter and the puzzle of dark energy are among the outstanding challenges in this field. On the observational side, there has been an exponential growth in accurate and important data, which will help in establishing the new theories that we need. In this Special Issue, we plan to present current research in this field, including future prospects. The SI focuses on publishing research articles, reviews and communications, but other article types will also be considered. All the topics will be discussed from different angles (observational, computer simulations, and theoretical) starting from that concerning the current significant influx of spectacular images of the universe. In detail, the topics of this SI will include:
- The current cosmological model and its tensions (theory and observations).
- Dark matter (theory, observations, detection, production).
- The evolving universe (reionization, first galaxies and their SMBHs, quasars and AGN, the assembly of cosmological structures).
- Probes of the universe from (new incoming) measurements of the CMB and of its large-scale structure.
- Multimessenger cosmology (gravitational waves, cosmic gamma and X-rays, neutrinos).
- Black holes in the universe over 10 orders of magnitude in mass.
- Astrophysical aspects of cosmology.
Dr. Paolo Salucci
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- cosmological model
- dark matter
- evolving universe
- CMB
- multimessenger cosmology
- astrophysical aspects of cosmology
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