Cosmology without assuming a cosmology: data analysis in the Euclid era

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Luca Amendola
• Subject Area: Astrophysics and Astronomy ; Nuclear and Elementary Particle Physics, Quantum Mechanics, Relativity, Fields
• Term: from 2021 to 2024
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 456622116

The Euclid satellite, to be launched in 2022, will usher soon a new era of abundant cosmological data. This is the time to invest in preparing the data analysis and to harvest the science return of the mission. In this project, I propose to contribute to the analysis of Euclid data in a novel way, that is, focusing on observables that can be measured without assuming a cosmological model. In previous work, I identified such observables at the background and perturbation level (both linear and non-linear), and explored the methodology for their measurements. Euclid, along with other present and future datasets, offers now the exciting possibility to carry out such measures and to answer in a model-independent way questions like the value of the spatial curvature or the range of validity of Einstein's gravitation. This project will complement and reinforce Euclid standard data analysis and give the opportunity to young collaborators to be part of one of the most important scientific enterprise of the coming decade.

• DFG Programme: Research Grants
• International Connection: Brazil, France, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates
• Cooperation Partners: Marco Baldi; Professor Dr. Martin Kunz; Professor Dr. Andrea Valerio Macciò; Dr. Valerio Marra; Dr. Valeria Pettorino; Professor Dr. Miguel Quartin; Professorin Dr. Alessandra Silvestri