Physics Update January 2020

Physics Update January 2020



A few words about (1) the still missing confirmation that the detected gravitational wave events are indeed signals from outer space (2) new data analyses that call into question the existence of dark energy and (3) a particle physicist complains that his colleagues used unscientific arguments.

The mentioned references are:

Observation of the second LIGO/Virgo event connected with binary neutron star merger S190425z in the gamma-ray range
A.S. Pozanenko, P.Yu. Minaev, S.A. Grebenev, I.V. Chelovekov

Evidence for anisotropy of cosmic acceleration
Jacques Colin, Roya Mohayaee, Mohamed Rameez and Subir Sarkar

Is the expansion of the universe accelerating? All signs still point to yes
David Rubin, Jessica Heitlauf

A response to Rubin & Heitlauf: “Is the expansion of the universe accelerating? All signs still point to yes”
Jacques Colin, Roya Mohayaee, Mohamed Rameez, Subir Sarkar

Early-type Host Galaxies of Type Ia Supernovae. II. Evidence for Luminosity Evolution in Supernova Cosmology
Yijung Kang, Young-Wook Lee, Young-Lo Kim, Chul Chung, Chang Hee Ree

Musings on the Current Status of HEP
M. Shifman

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