Dark Energy: constant or time variable? (... and other open questions)
APA
Ratra, B. (2015). Dark Energy: constant or time variable? (... and other open questions). Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/15090072
MLA
Ratra, Bharat. Dark Energy: constant or time variable? (... and other open questions). Perimeter Institute, Sep. 23, 2015, https://pirsa.org/15090072
BibTex
@misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:15090072, doi = {10.48660/15090072}, url = {https://pirsa.org/15090072}, author = {Ratra, Bharat}, keywords = {Cosmology}, language = {en}, title = {Dark Energy: constant or time variable? (... and other open questions)}, publisher = {Perimeter Institute}, year = {2015}, month = {sep}, note = {PIRSA:15090072 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}} }
Experiments and observations over the last decade and a half have persuaded cosmologists that (as yet undetected) dark energy is by far the main component of the energy budget of the universe. I review a few simple dark energy models and compare their predictions to observational data, to derive dark energy model-parameter constraints and to test consistency of different data sets. I conclude with a list of open cosmological questions.