DEMYSTICON ‘25: Crisis in Cosmology
(Internal Memo)

Lisbon, Portugal: June 12-16th, 2025

Invited Speakers & References:

ALEXANDER UNZICKER:

General:

• https://www.amazon.com/Bankrupting-Physics-Scientists-Gambling-Credibility-ebook/dp/B0B6J9Z4W5

• chap. 3,5,7,9,10

• https://www.amazon.com/Mathematical-Reality-Space-Time-Illusion-ebook/dp/B084BQFC14

• chap. 1

  VSL cosmology:

• https://www.amazon.com/Einsteins-Lost-Key-Overlooked-Century-ebook/dp/B01BRXXEWE/

• chap. 1,3,4,5,7,8,9,10

• https://www.amazon.com/Mathematical-Reality-Space-Time-Illusion-ebook/dp/B084BQFC14

• chap. 4,5,6,7

• Then, there are 2 scholary papers I attach (general on simplicity, adp for VSL)

• Then, there are some videos where I covered the material:

  General:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLIwtNT9Gqk

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfmSujRhqCk

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btu0fSro60g

  Playlist VSL cosmology:

• https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFdjtNRUXCljnKJLKxN9oS2m6MbMbQPQf

ANDRÉ KOCH TORRES ASSIS:

• Hubble cosmology

• CMB

C.S. UNNIKRISHNAN:

• Assessment of Cosmology

GARETH SAMUEL:

• See the Pattern (YT Channel)
  
  Here is the link to the video I did starting of the series looking at why toppling the Big Bang is not as easy as many think it is:

• https://youtu.be/UN3rwk4oD1M

• The second video I did was discussing the history and evolution of the BB and attempting to map the interconnectedness of the different models within it:

• https://youtu.be/S_JgDe0D7ck

• Here I have done a number of videos that might be useful in constructing a presentation around the problems and also exploring the alternative models:

• Problems with Galaxies: https://youtu.be/yvwnABX6LAY and https://youtu.be/cxio5WYV77Q

• And then this one exploring different galaxy formation models: https://youtu.be/y8p-exKJ45w
  

ERIC LERNER:

• The Big Bang Never Happened

MARTIN CORREDOIRA:

• Fundamental Ideas in Cosmology. Scientific, philosophical and sociological critical perspectives

• Other references (review papers) by myself:

  - López-Corredoira M., 2017, ''Tests and Problems of the Standard Model in Cosmology'', Foundations of Physics, 47, 711 .

  - López-Corredoira M., Marmet, L., 2022, ''Alternative ideas in cosmology'', Int. J. Mod. Phys. D, 31, id. 2230014 .

• Other references (review papers) by other authors:

  - Abdalla, E., Abellán, G. F., Aboubrahim, A., et al. (2022). Cosmology intertwined: A review of the particle physics, astrophysics, and cosmology associated with the cosmological tensions and anomalies. Journal of High Energy Astrophysics, 34, 49-211.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jheap.2022.04.002

  - Perivolaropoulos, L., & Skara, F. (2022). Challenges for ΛCDM: An update. New Astronomy Reviews, 95, 101659. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.newar.2022.101659

MIKE MCCULLOCH

• McCulloch, M.E., 2007. Modelling the Pioneer anomaly as modified inertia. MNRAS, 376(1), 338-342 https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/376/1/338/973651

• McCulloch, M.E., 2013. Inertia from an asymmetric Casimir effect. EPL, 101, 59001. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1209/0295-5075/101/59001

• McCulloch, M.E., 2016. Quantised inertia from relativity & the uncertainty principle. EPL, 115, 69001. https://arxiv.org/abs/1610.06787

• McCulloch, M.E., 2017. Testing quantised inertia on emdrives with dielectrics. EPL, 118, 34003. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1209/0295-5075/118/34003

• McCulloch, M.E., 2017. Galaxy rotations from quantised inertia and visible matter only. Astro. Sp. Sci., 362,149. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10509-017-3128-6

• McCulloch, M.E. & J. Lucio, 2019. Testing Newton/GR, MoND & quantised inertia on wide binaries. Astrophys. Sp. Sci., 364, 121. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10509-019-3615-z

• McCulloch, M.E. & J. Gine, 2021. The EPR paradox & the uncertainty principle. MPL-B, 35, 4, 2150072. https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/S021798492150072X

• McCulloch, M.E., 2024. Quantised Accelerations. Polaris Books. https://www.amazon.com/Quantised-Accelerations-Anomalies-New-Physics/dp/B0D53HLDD3

INDRANIL BANIK

• https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/499/2/2845/5939857

• https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/527/3/4388/7337338

• https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/536/4/3232/7924235

• https://www.arxiv.org/abs/2501.17934