| Dark Matter: The Missing Matter of the Universe as Seen by Astroparticle Physics and Astrophysics | |
| Particle Physics Approach to Dark Matter | p. 3 |
| Introduction | p. 3 |
| Axions | p. 4 |
| Salient Features of MSSM | p. 6 |
| Neutralino Relic Abundance | p. 9 |
| Axinos | p. 14 |
| Gravitinos | p. 17 |
| Yukawa Quasi-Unification | p. 18 |
| Conclusions | p. 28 |
| References | p. 29 |
| LSP as a Candidate for Dark Matter | p. 35 |
| Introduction | p. 35 |
| The Energy - Matter Content of the Universe | p. 37 |
| The Thermal Universe | p. 42 |
| Dark Matter | p. 46 |
| Calculating DM Relic Abundances | p. 48 |
| Supersymmetry and its Cosmological Implications | p. 54 |
| Conclusions | p. 65 |
| References | p. 66 |
| On the Direct Detection of Dark Matter | p. 69 |
| Introduction | p. 69 |
| The Nature of the LSP | p. 72 |
| The Feynman Diagrams Entering the Direct Detection of LSP | p. 72 |
| Going from the Quark to the Nucleon Level | p. 80 |
| The Nucleon Cross Sections | p. 84 |
| The Allowed SUSY Parameter Space | p. 84 |
| Rates | p. 85 |
| Expressions for the Rates | p. 87 |
| Bounds on the Scalar Proton Cross Section | p. 89 |
| Exclusion Plots in the a[subscript p], a[subscript n] and [sigma subscript p], [sigma subscript n] Planes | p. 90 |
| The Modulation Effect | p. 92 |
| Transitions to Excited States | p. 93 |
| The Directional Rates | p. 93 |
| Observation of Electrons Produced During the LSP-nucleus Collisions | p. 96 |
| Conclusions | p. 97 |
| References | p. 98 |
| Galaxy Formation and Dark Matter | p. 101 |
| Introduction | p. 101 |
| Precision Cosmology | p. 102 |
| The Global Baryon Inventory | p. 104 |
| The "Missing" Baryons | p. 105 |
| Large-scale Structure and Cold Dark Matter: The Issues | p. 106 |
| Resurrection via Astrophysics | p. 107 |
| What Determines the Mass of a Galaxy? | p. 109 |
| Disk Galaxy Formation | p. 109 |
| Spheroidal Galaxy Formation | p. 111 |
| Numerical Simulations | p. 112 |
| The Case for Positive Feedback | p. 115 |
| Observing Cold Dark Matter: Where Next? | p. 117 |
| Summary | p. 118 |
| References | p. 119 |
| Dark Energy: The Energy Balance of the Universe within the Standard Cosmological Model | |
| Cosmological Parameters from Galaxy Clusters: An Introduction | p. 125 |
| Introduction | p. 125 |
| Clusters of Galaxies in a Cosmological Context | p. 126 |
| From Observations to Cosmological Parameters | p. 137 |
| New Physics and Future Prospects | p. 149 |
| What to Bring Home | p. 154 |
| References | p. 155 |
| Cosmological Constraints from Galaxy Clustering | p. 157 |
| Introduction | p. 157 |
| Basics | p. 158 |
| Matter Perturbations | p. 159 |
| The Evolution of Perturbations | p. 162 |
| Galaxy Survey Analysis | p. 165 |
| Practicalities | p. 171 |
| Results from Recent Surveys | p. 174 |
| Combination with CMB Data | p. 175 |
| References | p. 184 |
| Dark Energy and the Microwave Background | p. 187 |
| Introduction | p. 187 |
| Models for Dark Energy | p. 189 |
| The Physics of the Microwave Background | p. 192 |
| Ways of Probing Dark Energy | p. 204 |
| The Integrated Sachs-Wolfe Effect | p. 209 |
| Conclusions and Future Prospects | p. 212 |
| References | p. 214 |
| Models of Dark Energy | p. 219 |
| Glimpses of FRW Cosmology | p. 220 |
| Cosmological Constant [Lambda] | p. 236 |
| Dynamically Evolving Scalar Field Models of Dark Energy | p. 239 |
| Scaling Solutions in Models of Coupled Quintessence | p. 248 |
| Quintessential Inflation | p. 249 |
| Conclusions | p. 254 |
| References | p. 255 |
| Accelerating Universe: Observational Status and Theoretical Implications | p. 257 |
| Introduction | p. 257 |
| Expansion History from the Luminosity Distances of SnIa | p. 258 |
| Observational Results | p. 265 |
| Dark Energy and Negative Pressure | p. 269 |
| Dynamical Evolution of Dark Energy | p. 278 |
| The Fate of a Phantom Dominated Universe: Big Rip | p. 282 |
| Future Prospects-Conclusion | p. 284 |
| References | p. 287 |
| Dark Matter and Dark Energy Beyond the Standard Theory of General Relativity | |
| The Physics of Extra Dimensions | p. 293 |
| Introduction | p. 293 |
| Framework | p. 295 |
| Experimental Implications in Accelerators | p. 297 |
| Supersymmetry in the Bulk and Short Range Forces | p. 302 |
| Electroweak Symmetry Breaking | p. 306 |
| Standard Model on D-branes | p. 309 |
| Non-compact Extra Dimensions and Localized Gravity | p. 312 |
| References | p. 319 |
| Dark Energy from Brane-world Gravity | p. 323 |
| Introduction | p. 323 |
| KK Modes of the Graviton | p. 326 |
| DGP Type Brane-worlds: Self-accelerating Cosmologies | p. 327 |
| Conclusion | p. 331 |
| References | p. 331 |
| The Issue of Dark Energy in String Theory | p. 333 |
| Introduction | p. 333 |
| De Sitter (dS) Universes from a Modern Perspective | p. 336 |
| No Horizons in Perturbative (Critical) String Theory | p. 343 |
| Dilaton Quintessence in String Theory | p. 346 |
| Conclusions | p. 369 |
| References | p. 372 |
| Modified Gravity Without Dark Matter | p. 375 |
| Introduction | p. 375 |
| The Phenomenology of MOND | p. 377 |
| Relativistic MOND | p. 385 |
| TeVeS: Successes, Issues and Modifications | p. 393 |
| Conclusions | p. 398 |
| References | p. 400 |
| Avoiding Dark Energy with 1/R Modifications of Gravity | p. 403 |
| Introduction | p. 403 |
| The Theorem of Ostrogradski | p. 407 |
| Common Misconceptions | p. 410 |
| [Delta]R[g] = f(R) Theories | p. 423 |
| Problems with f(R) = [characters not reproducible] | p. 426 |
| Conclusions | p. 430 |
| References | p. 431 |
| Index | p. 435 |
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