Dark energy : observational and theoretical approaches /

"'Dark energy' is the name given to the unknown cause of the Universe's accelerating expansion, which is one of the most significant and surprising discoveries in recent cosmology. Understanding this enigmatic ingredient of the Universe and its gravitational effects is a very act...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Ruiz-Lapuente, P.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Temas:
Dark energy (Astronomy)
Dark matter (Astronomy)
Énergie sombre (Astronomie)
Matière sombre (Astronomie)
SCIENCE > Physics > Astrophysics.
Dunkle Energie
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Contributors
  • Preface
  • Part I Theory
  • 1 Dark Energy, Gravitation and the Copernican Principle
  • 1.1 Cosmological Models and Their Hypotheses
  • 1.2 Modifying the Minimal Cdm
  • 1.3 Testing the Underlying Hypotheses
  • 1.4 Conclusion
  • References
  • 2 Dark Energy and Modified Gravity
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Constraining Effective Theories
  • 2.3 General Relativistic Approaches
  • 2.4 The Modified Gravity Approach: Dark Gravity
  • 2.5 Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
  • 3 Some Views on Dark Energy
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Dark Energy
  • 3.3 Dark Energy Models Inside General Relativity
  • 3.4 General Formalism
  • 3.5 Observational Constraints
  • 3.6 Dark Energy Models Outside General Relativity
  • 3.7 Reconstruction
  • 3.8 The Linear Growth of Matter Perturbations
  • 3.9 Conclusions
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
  • 4 Emergent Gravity and Dark Energy
  • 4.1 The Rise of the Dark Energy
  • 4.2 A First Look At the Cosmological Constant and Its Problems
  • 4.3 What if Dark Energy Is Not the Cosmological Constant?
  • 4.4 Cosmological Constant As Dark Energy
  • 4.5 An Alternative Perspective: Emergent Gravity
  • 4.6 Conclusions
  • References
  • Part Ii Observations
  • 5 Foundations of Supernova Cosmology
  • 5.1 Supernovae and the Discovery of the Expanding Universe
  • 5.2 An Accelerating Universe
  • 5.3 Shifting to the Infrared
  • 5.4 The Next Ten Years
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
  • 6 Dark Energy and Supernovae
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Sne Ia and Cosmic Expansion
  • 6.3 The Dl Test From Sne Ia
  • 6.4 Testing the Adequacy of a Flrw Metric
  • 6.5 Next Decade Experiments
  • 6.6 Tested Dark Energy Models
  • 6.7 Complementarity
  • 6.8 Future Prospects
  • References
  • 7 The Future of Supernova Cosmology
  • 7.1 Current Results From Sn Ia Cosmology
  • 7.2 Current Challenges in Sn Ia Cosmology
  • 7.3 Local Inhomogeneities
  • 7.4 Future Cosmological Results From Sne Ia
  • 7.5 Final Musings
  • References
  • 8 The Space Advantage for Measuring Dark Energy With Type Ia Supernovae
  • 8.1 Introduction
  • 8.2 Connecting Supernova Measurements to Cosmology
  • 8.3 Type Ia Supernova Homogenization and Diversity
  • 8.4 Why Space?
  • 8.5 Jdem Candidate Supernova Missions
  • 8.6 Conclusions
  • References
  • 9 Baryon Acoustic Oscillations
  • 9.1 Introduction
  • 9.2 Sources of Error for the Bao
  • 9.3 Nonlinear Theory
  • 9.4 Target Selection
  • 9.5 Current and Future Bao Surveys
  • 9.6 Conclusions
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
  • 10 Weak Gravitational Lensing, Dark Energy and Modified Gravity
  • 10.1 Introduction
  • 10.2 Sensitivity to Dark Energy
  • 10.3 Gravitational Lensing
  • 10.4 Observations, Status and Prospects
  • 10.5 Dark Energy: Lensing in 3D
  • 10.6 Testing Gravity Models
  • 10.7 The Future
  • References
  • Index.

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