concordance cosmology

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Noun

concordance cosmology (plural concordance cosmologies)

  1. (physics) A model of the universe that assumes a minimum number of parameters, especially the Lambda-CDM model.
    • 2001, Martin Hirsch, Georg G. Raffelt, José Wagner Furtado Valle (editors), Frontiers in Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference, North-Holland, page 23,
      We show that the concordance cosmology can be resurrected using our phenomenological approach and our best-fitting model is in agreement with the PSCz observations.
    • 2009, M. D'Onofrio; C. Burigana, “4: From Galileo to Modern Cosmology and Alternative Paradigms”, in Mauro D'Onofrio; Carlo Burigana, editors, Questions of Modern Cosmology: Galileo's Legacy, Springer, page 328:
      The trouble, however, is that we do not have today a single viable alternative to the concordance cosmology.
    • 2009, Scott Dodelson; Daniel Baumann; Asantha R. Cooray; Joanna Dunkley; Aurelien Fraisse; Mark G. Jackson, editors, CMB Polarization Workshop: Theory and Foregrounds : CMBPol Mission Concept Study, page 20:
      The list of possible inflationary parameters that could enter future concordance cosmologies makes it clear [] .

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