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OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS
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Vendredi 15 novembre 2002, a 14 h


77 avenue Denfert Rochereau, Paris 14



Salle de l'Atelier, Observatoire de Paris





Cosmological Tests of Fundamental Physics



Yurij BARYSHEV

Astronomical Institute of St.-Petersburg State University



Résumé : A review of modern observational and theoretical constraints on cosmological physics of the standard model is presented. Analysis of the two-fluid matter-quintessence FLRW model shows that the crucial problems of cosmological physics are the nature of dark matter, the nature of dark energy and the nature of gravity. Recent results of high resolution N-body simulations show that CDM model is in a conflict with observed matter distribution on galactic halo scales, and this implies a more complex physics of dark matter. Also it is possible to test the dark energy physics by using classical cosmological tests and by studying the cold local Hubble flow in the vicinity of the Local Group, which is sensitive to the time dependence of the equation of state of the Universe. One of the most important tasks of cosmological physics is to probe the nature of the gravitational interaction, which determines the properties of all other components of the cosmological model. Tests of gravity physics from micro to cosmological scales are discussed.