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Dark Matter and Dark Energy
L. Van Waerbeke
Triumf Saturday lectures Nov 2009
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What is cosmology? Literally “the study of the Universe”Or an attempt to understand the world we live in, in itsglobality
-understand the nature of the Universe-its past-its future
-its meaning (ancient civilizations, philosophy, religion,…)
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Azteccosmology
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What is modern cosmology?
-it is a –very young- science, based on observations
-it makes a deep connection between the large and the small,That is a real revolution
-we have definitely lost our central position!
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1927: Edwin Hubble discovered the expansion of the Universe!1927: Edwin Hubble discovered the expansion of the Universe! founded the idea of a founded the idea of a Big BangBig Bang
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The Universe is expanding
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Different possible fates for the Universe
Matter dominated
“Anti” gravity? Or cosmological constant
Ω Λ
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Ω
Λ ?
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Ω
Λ ACCELERATINGEXPANSION
DECCELERATINGEXPANSION
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Early Universe was
SmallDenseHotOpaque
Universe today is
BigLow densityColdTransparent
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Cosmic Microwave Background:
A picture of the early Universetells us how “big” things were at thattime.
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Ω
Λ
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SDSS
Galaxy distribution
Large Scale Structures
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Ω
Λ
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Cosmological candles…
DistanceA
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osity
Standard candle
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Supernovae of type Ia are “standard candles”
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Ω
Λ
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The expansion of the Universeis accelerating
So…what?
We don’t understandWe don’t understandthe physics behind it!the physics behind it!
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Ω
Λ
This is where we “should” be!
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Do we have a problem?
> 95% of the Universe content is of unknown nature!> 95% of the Universe content is of unknown nature!
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What is DARK MATTER?
Cornelia ParkerCold Dark Matter: An Exploded View, 1991
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What it is not:
-normal matter e.g. planets, gas, dust, proto-stars
What it could be
-new type massive particle yet to beDiscovered
-modified gravity
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What it is not:
-normal matter e.g. planets, gas, dust, proto-stars
What it could be
-new type massive particle yet to beDiscovered
-modified gravity
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What it is not:
-normal matter e.g. planets, gas, dust, proto-stars
What it could be
-new type massive particle yet to beDiscovered
-modified gravity
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Launched in June 2008
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What it is not:
-normal matter e.g. planets, gas, dust, proto-stars
What it could be
-new type massive particle yet to beDiscovered
-modified gravity
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Space-time could be wrapped at small scale with many more dimensions than 4!
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What is DARK ENERGY?
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Dark Energy is a complete mystery but we know that:
-it has negative pressure (equation of state is completely unlike anything else)
-it is small but not zero (theory predicts it is either zero or incredibly large)
>100 distinct candidates
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SUMMARY
Many independent observations now confirm the existenceof dark matter and dark energy
This is an embarrassing result that we don’t understand 95%of the Universe!
Everything indicates that their physical nature is linked withFundamental physics yet to be discovered
Research agencies across the world (e.g. DoE in the US) aredesigning new generation of detectors capable of probing
the physics of DM and DE
The fact the DM and DE have been detected does notnecessarily mean they are real (e.g. epicycles?)