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Has anything changed in cosmology in the last three years
Hi
I tend to look at the field of cosmology and astrophysics every three years or so. I guess I tend to get bored once I am up to speed and move on to something else. It is interesting to note some of the postings here.
It seems to me that very little has really happened in the last three years. The standard cosmological model has been bolstered by ever increasing accuracy in CMB, supernova and quaser measurement, and as such our certainty factor has markedly increased and the numbers much more accurate. Similarly in particle physics the standard model seems to be hanging on. I am unaware of any real outcomes for the LHC and certainly the higgs still seems pretty elusive. String theories seem to be rooted in the same place they were 5 years ago. Supersymmetry ditto. Still totally hypothetical and despite assertions otherwise I cannot see any comfirming evidence any time soon.
Can anyone who keeps up with this stuff let me know if any game changing events have happened over the last three years or so.
Cheers
Chris
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