The dark universe

by Heymans, Catherine

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Full title :The dark universe / Catherine Heymans.

Summary

Just over 95% of our Universe comes in the shrouded form of dark energy and dark matter that we can neither explain nor directly detect. Together, these two dark entities play out a cosmic battle of epic proportions, with the gravity of dark matter slowly pulling structures in the Universe together, and dark energy fuelling the Universe's accelerated expansion, making it ever harder for those structures to grow. In this book we will explore this dark enigma and introduce the cosmologist's toolkit of observations and techniques that allow us to confront different theories on the dark Universe. I'll explain why I believe that, to truly understand the dark Universe, we will need some new physics that will forever change our cosmic view.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2017

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):IOP Publishing
Place of Publication:Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK)
Language:eng
Publication Date:2017

Notes

"Version: 20170201"--Title page verso.

Title from PDF title page (viewed on March 2, 2017).

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (1 PDF (x, 25 pages)) : : color illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780750313735, 0750313730
DOI:10.1088/978-0-7503-1373-5
oclc:ocn979979657
LC Classification:QB791.3
Dewey Decimal:523.1/126

Introduction -- Background -- Dark matter -- Dark energy -- Flat [lambda]CDM and the cosmological parameters of the Universe -- Current directions -- Weak gravitational lensing -- Baryon acoustic oscillations -- Galaxy clusters -- Redshift space distortions -- Outlook.

Subjects

Cosmologie cosmology Dark energy (Astronomy) Dark matter (Astronomy) Énergie sombre (Astronomie) Matière sombre (Astronomie) physics SCIENCE -- Physics