New approaches to galaxy clustering
The large-scale clustering of galaxies contains a wealth of information on the geometry and expansion history of the universe, on gravity, and on the initial conditions. In order to extract this information, we need to deal with the complex formation process of galaxies. As a result, current observational constraints are largely based only on the robust BAO feature. However, thanks to significant advances in our theoretical understanding of galaxy clustering, we now have a well-defined approach for absorbing all the complicated, incompletely understood physics of galaxy formation into a set of free parameters (the bias parameters and stochastic amplitudes), which opens up considerable additional constraining power. The next challenge to tackle then is how best to connect this theory with data, as delivered by ongoing and future surveys such as BOSS, DESI, and Euclid. In my talk, I will review these developments, and discuss the prospects galaxy clustering as a robust probe of cosmology in the coming decade.
Friday, 8 March 2019, ore 14:30 — Sala Wataghin