Among the great mysteries that physics has not yet solved are undoubtedly those of dark energy and dark matter. In this chapter we deal with the first of them. We will expound in detail the motivations that led to hypothesise the existence of dark energy, the importance of understanding its nature, its main possible theoretical explanations and a list of the many attempts at modelling it. We conclude with a description of the most recent and future missions on Earth and in space devised to shed light on this mystery.

Dark Energy

Cacciatori S. L.
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2024-01-01

Abstract

Among the great mysteries that physics has not yet solved are undoubtedly those of dark energy and dark matter. In this chapter we deal with the first of them. We will expound in detail the motivations that led to hypothesise the existence of dark energy, the importance of understanding its nature, its main possible theoretical explanations and a list of the many attempts at modelling it. We conclude with a description of the most recent and future missions on Earth and in space devised to shed light on this mystery.
2024
New Frontiers in Science in the Era of AI
217
251
35
Springer Nature
9783031611865
9783031611872
Inglese
Cosmological constant; Cosmological redshift; Dark energy; Quantum fluctuations; Residual curvature
no
268
info:eu-repo/semantics/bookPart
Cacciatori, S. L.; Vittorio, V. G.; Re, F.
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