ONE-DAY WORKSHOP ON APPLIED MATHEMATICS 2024
SPEAKER
SPEAKER
Mauro Carfora (Università degli Studi di Pavia)
SCHEDULE
SCHEDULE
17:30 - 18:30
TITLE
TITLE
A case study of Applied Mathematics in Cosmology: Imaging Functionals and the Dark Energy Riddle
ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT
The nature of dark energy is one of the fundamental problems in cosmology. Introduced to explain the apparent acceleration of the Universe's expansion, its origin remains to be determined. In this talk, we leisurely illustrate how applied mathematics may significantly impact understanding the relationship between dark energy and structure formation in the late-epoch Universe. We discuss how a variant of harmonic map Energy functional, used for image visualization, provides a powerful technique that may lead to an interpretative shift in the very nature of dark energy.