Recent findings contradicted earlier assumptions about cosmos being de-accelerating in speed: Padmanabhan
Author(s): SK VyasChandigarh, December 17, 2014: Infosys Prize winner & noted Scientist, Prof T Padmanabhan today said that recent findings have contradicted the earlier assumptions about cosmos being de-accelerating in speed.He...
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Dec 17, 2014 12:30
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Chandigarh, December 17, 2014: Infosys Prize winner & noted Scientist, Prof T Padmanabhan today said that recent findings have contradicted the earlier assumptions about cosmos being de-accelerating in speed.
He said that it was supposed to be slowing down in movement but the recent collection of data indicates that it is rather accelerating at the faster pace.
T. Padmanabhan was delivering the prestigious Panjab University (PU) Colloquium on the topic of ‘Gravity and the Cosmos’ at PU Physics Department Auditorium on Wednesday large number of PU research scholars, teachers and number of school students from Ankur School also attended the public lecture. PU Vice Chancellor Prof Arun Kumar Grover presided over the lecture. A very lively session of questions followed, where audience asked queries, which were aptly fielded by Padmanabhan.
In his unique and simplifying style, Padma Shri Awardee and Dean at the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune,T. Padmanabhan described the current understanding of the universe. He also emphasised and informed about some recent work and findings and described them to have the potential to solve the enigma of dark energy.
In the colloquium, T. Padmanabhan provided a clear interpretation of gravity as an emergent phenomenon.
This approach, which has far reaching implications for quantum gravity, provides a possible understanding of the nature of dark energy he went through the evolution of the universe till the emergent paradigm. With Power point presentations, he led the audience on the cosmological constant and the cosmical constant.
Through the colloquium series PU has been trying to bring together the faculty, students, researchers and staff of CRIKC institutions in the city. Prof. T. Padmanabhan is internationally renowned for his research contributions to the subjects of gravitation and cosmology.
(SK Vyas/Jalandhar)
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