The Invisible Universe: Dark Matter and Dark Energy

George Lazarides (auth.), Lefteris Papantonopoulos (eds.)9783642090042, 3642090044

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.

Table of contents :
Front Matter….Pages I-XIII
Front Matter….Pages –
Particle Physics Approach to Dark Matter….Pages 3-34
LSP as a Candidate for Dark Matter….Pages 35-68
On the Direct Detection of Dark Matter….Pages 69-100
Galaxy Formation and Dark Matter….Pages 101-121
Front Matter….Pages –
Cosmological Parameters from Galaxy Clusters: An Introduction….Pages 125-156
Cosmological Constraints from Galaxy Clustering….Pages 157-186
Dark Energy and the Microwave Background….Pages 187-217
Models of dark energy….Pages 219-256
Accelerating Universe: Observational Status and Theoretical Implications….Pages 257-290
Front Matter….Pages –
The Physics of Extra Dimensions….Pages 293-321
Dark Energy from Brane-world Gravity….Pages 323-332
The Issue of Dark Energy in String Theory….Pages 333-374
Modified Gravity Without Dark Matter….Pages 375-402
Avoiding Dark Energy with 1/R Modifications of Gravity….Pages 403-433
Back Matter….Pages 435-436