After introducing the concepts of axions and axion-like-particles (ALPs) and their signals, true axions which can be either much heavier or muchlighter than the...
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CharlaAxions and ALPs
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CharlaBAO, RSD and higher order statistics. Introduction to RSD modelling
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CharlaBAO, RSD and higher order statistics. Multipole expansions and 3 point correlation functions
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CharlaBAO, RSD and higher order statistics. RSD, BAO modelling and measurement, and bispectrum
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CharlaBeyond precision cosmology: some examples
The standard cosmological model has been established and its parameters are now measured with unprecedented precision. However, there is a big difference...
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CharlaBeyond 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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CharlaCan 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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CharlaCepheid distance scale: anything new?
We present recent theoretical and empirical results concerning the accuracy of Cepheid distance estimates based on optical and near-infrared (NIR) Period...
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CharlaConstraints on Ultra-Light Dark Matter from Galactic Rotation Curves
Bosonic ultra-light dark matter (ULDM) in the mass range m ~ $10^{-22} - 10^{-21} \rm eV$ has been invoked as a motivated candidate with new input for the small...