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Record Nr.

UNINA9910146551103321

Titolo

The invisible universe : dark matter and dark energy / / L. Papantonopoulos (editor)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; Heidelberg : , : Springer-Verlag, , [2007]

©2007

ISBN

1-281-04344-3

9786611043445

3-540-71013-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2007.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (442 p.)

Collana

Lecture notes in physics ; ; 720

Disciplina

523.1126

Soggetti

Missing mass (Astronomy)

Dark matter (Astronomy)

Dark energy (Astronomy)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Dark Matter: The Missing Matter of the Universe as Seen by Astroparticle Physics and Astrophysics -- Particle Physics Approach to Dark Matter -- LSP as a Candidate for Dark Matter -- On the Direct Detection of Dark Matter -- Galaxy Formation and Dark Matter -- Dark Energy: The Energy Balance of the Universe within the Standard Cosmological Model -- Cosmological Parameters from Galaxy Clusters: An Introduction -- Cosmological Constraints from Galaxy Clustering -- Dark Energy and the Microwave Background -- Models of dark energy -- Accelerating Universe: Observational Status and Theoretical Implications -- Dark Matter and Dark Energy Beyond the Standard Theory of General Relativity -- The Physics of Extra Dimensions -- Dark Energy from Brane-world Gravity -- The Issue of Dark Energy in String Theory -- Modified Gravity Without Dark Matter -- Avoiding Dark Energy with 1/R Modifications of Gravity.

Sommario/riassunto

The nature and essence of Dark Matter and Dark Energy have become the central issue in modern cosmology over the past years as they make up most of the matter and energy content of the known universe. Accordingly, the subject matter is quite naturally tied to other fields



such as astroparticle physics, quantum physics and general relativity. This extensive volume, an outgrowth of a topical and tutorial summer school, has been set up with the aim of constituting an advanced-level, multi-authored textbook which meets the needs of both postgraduate students and young researchers in the fields of modern cosmology and astrophysics.