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SUMMARY:A general test of the Copernican Principle - Chris Clarkson (Cape 
 Town)
DTSTART:20080502T120000Z
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CONTACT:David Seery
DESCRIPTION:The dark energy crisis\, combined with ideas such as the lands
 cape\, no longer makes the critical assumption of homogeneity in cosmology
  assured. It is consequently imperative that we now try to prove beyond a 
 reasonable doubt the Copernican Principle\, rather than relying on a prepo
 nderance of evidence for it as we have until now.\nWe present an observati
 onal test for the Copernican assumption which can be automatically impleme
 nted while we search for dark energy in the coming decade.  This test is e
 ntirely independent of any model for dark energy or theory of gravity and 
 thereby represents a model-independent test of the Copernican Principle.
LOCATION:Pavilion B Potter Room (B1.19)
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