7 papers
A Small Patch Hypothesis in Cosmology
Meir Shimon
If our observable Universe is only a tiny region of a vastly larger and conformally older spacetime, then the usual formulations of the classical flatness and horizon problems of t…
The Simons Observatory: forecasted constraints on primordial gravitational waves with the expanded array of Small Aperture Telescopes
The Simons Observatory Collaboration, I. Abril-Cabezas, S. Adachi +479
We present updated forecasts for the scientific performance of the degree-scale (0.5 deg FWHM at 93 GHz), deep-field survey to be conducted by the Simons Observatory (SO). By 2027,…
Disentangling the Cosmic/Comoving Duality: The Cognitive Stability and Typicality Tests
Meir Shimon
Cosmological scenarios wherein the cumulative number of spontaneously formed, cognitively impaired, disembodied transient observers is vastly larger than the corresponding number o…
The Simons Observatory: Science Goals and Forecasts for the Enhanced Large Aperture Telescope
The Simons Observatory Collaboration, M. Abitbol, I. Abril-Cabezas +419
We describe updated scientific goals for the wide-field, millimeter-wave survey that will be produced by the Simons Observatory (SO). Significant upgrades to the 6-meter SO Large A…
Extensive and Intensive Aspects of Astrophysical Systems and Fine-Tuning
Meir Shimon
Most astrophysical systems in our Universe are characterized by shallow gravitational potentials, with dimensionless compactness , where and …
Impact of Low ell's on Large Scale Structure Anomalies
Ido Ben-Dayan, Utkarsh Kumar, Meir Shimon +1
We scrutinize the reported lensing anomaly of the CMB by considering several phenomenological modifications of the lensing consistency parameter, . Considering Planck sp…