The standard cosmological paradigm narrates a reassuring story of a universe currently dominated by an enigmatic dark energy component. Disquietingly, its...
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PublicationA common explanation of the Hubble tension and anomalous cold spots in the CMB
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PublicationAlternative ideas in cosmology
Some remarkable examples of alternative cosmological theories are reviewed here, ranging from a compilation of variations on the Standard Model through the more...
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TalkApplication of simulation-based inference to problems in astrophysics
The next decade will see a deluge of new cosmological data that will enable us to accurately map out the distribution of matter in the local Universe, image...
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NewsAstronomers confirm the existence of a cosmic supervoid that challenges our understanding of dark energy
Research by the Dark Energy Survey (DES) collaboration, in which the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) participates, has confirmed the presence of a...
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TalkBeyond the Concordance Model with galaxy cluster mass profiles
I present the recent results obtained using the updated version of MG-MAMPOSSt, a code that constrains modified gravity (MG) models viable at cosmological...
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TalkCan Voids and Superclusters trace Dark Energy?
I revisit the claim of Dark Energy detection after stacking CMB data on the angular position of voids and superclusters in Sloan Data. I examine the...
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TalkCosmic Microwave Background observations
In the first part of this talk I will present a historical review of the CMB observations, one of the most powerful cosmological probes. Following the first...
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PublicationCosmological implications of baryon acoustic oscillation measurements
We derive constraints on cosmological parameters and tests of dark energy models from the combination of baryon acoustic oscillation (BAO) measurements with...
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TalkCosmology with a new observable: Angular Redshift Fluctuations (ARF)
In cosmology, it is customary to convert observed redshifts into distances in order to study the large scale distribution of matter probes like galaxies and...