A Dark Universe: Dark Matter and Dark Energy (2/4)

by Dr Edward W. KOLB (Chicago University, Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics)

Tuesday 29 Jan 2008, 11:00 → 12:00 Europe/Zurich

503/1-001 - Council Chamber (CERN)

According to the standard cosmological model, 95% of the present mass density of the universe is dark: roughly 70% of the total in the form of dark energy and 25% in the form of dark matter. In a series of four lectures, I will begin by presenting a brief review of cosmology, and then I will review the observational evidence for dark matter and dark energy. I will discuss some of the proposals for dark matter and dark energy, and connect them to high-energy physics. I will also present an overview of an observational program to quantify the properties of dark energy.

Slides CERN_08_2.pdf

Video http://cdsweb.cern.ch/record/1082255