The Invisible Universe: Dark Matter and Dark Energy

452 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Reihe: Lecture Notes in Physics
• Themen: Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Astrophysik
• ISBN: 9783540710127
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 17.07.2007
• Größe: 241 x 160 mm
• Verlag: Springer
• Herausgegeben von: Eleftherios Papantonopoulos