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原教旨主义物理学:为什么暗能量对天文学不利

Fundamentalist physics: why Dark Energy is bad for Astronomy

Simon D. M. White

摘要:

天文学家进行观测,探索我们宇宙中的各种过程和物体。高能物理学家进行实验,以接近空间,时间和物质的基本理论。暗能量是它们之间的独特联系,反映了基础理论的深层方面,但显然只有通过天文观测才能获得。因此,这两个团体的大部分人都聚集在一起,支持限制暗能量的天文项目。在这篇文章中,我认为这种趋同对天文学是有害的。这两个群体有不同的方法论和不同的科学文化。如果不加批判地采纳一个外来系统的价值观,天文学家们就有可能破坏他们目前成功的基础,并危及他们这个领域未来的活力。暗能量无疑是一个有趣的问题,可以通过天文观测来解决,但它只是众多问题之一,而且不一定是最有可能在重大资源投资之后取得重大进展的问题。

英文摘要:

Astronomers carry out observations to explore the diverse processes and objects which populate our Universe. High-energy physicists carry out experiments to approach the Fundamental Theory underlying space, time and matter. Dark Energy is a unique link between them, reflecting deep aspects of the Fundamental Theory, yet apparently accessible only through astronomical observation. Large sections of the two communities have therefore converged in support of astronomical projects to constrain Dark Energy. In this essay I argue that this convergence can be damaging for astronomy. The two communities have different methodologies and different scientific cultures. By uncritically adopting the values of an alien system, astronomers risk undermining the foundations of their own current success and endangering the future vitality of their field. Dark Energy is undeniably an interesting problem to attack through astronomical observation, but it is one of many and not necessarily the one where significant progress is most likely to follow a major investment of resources.

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