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Bayesian Doubt: Should We Doubt the Cosmological Constant?

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One of the most fundamental questions in cosmology today is to identify which cosmological model best describes the Universe in which we live, given the current observational data. The standard model of cosmology describes a hot big bang scenario followed by an expanding Universe. But the standard model of cosmology is not yet finalised, and there are several open questions, most notably, we desire to know which is the best explanation for the apparent late time acceleration which we seem to observe.

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    Modification of CosmoMC was carried out by Pascal Vaudrevange

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    http://camb.info/ppf/

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March, M.C. (2013). Bayesian Doubt: Should We Doubt the Cosmological Constant?. In: Advanced Statistical Methods for Astrophysical Probes of Cosmology. Springer Theses. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35060-3_6

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