Cosmological Inflation, Dark Matter and Dark Energy

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: and components common to several branches of physics and astronomy; apparatus; astronomical and space-research instrumentation; Baryon Acoustic Oscillation (BAO); brans-dicke theory; comparative planetology; composite dark matter; Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) temperature; cosmo-particle physics; cosmoligical parameters; cosmological model; cosmological parameters; cosmology; dark atoms; dark energy; Dark Energy; dark energy model; dark energy models; dark matter; Dark Matter; de Sitter vacuum; dosmological parameters; dynamical Chern-Simons modified gravity; Einstein-Aether theory of gravity; extragalactic objects and systems; field theory; fundamental astronomy; galactic rotation curve; Hawking radiation; higher dimension gauged super-gravity black hole; Hubble constant; hyper-color; instruments; junction conditions; loop quantum cosmology; memory; n/a; normal galaxies; null hypersurfaces; parametrizations; particle physics; properties of specific particles; QCD; quantum gravity; quantum optical systems; quantum optics; quantum tunneling phenomenon; scalar-tensor gravity; spacetime symmetry; statistical analysis; Supernovae
• Online Access: Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication; Open Access: DOAB, download the publication
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (236 p.)
• ISBN: 9783039217649; 9783039217656; books978-3-03921-765-6
• Access: Open Access

Various cosmological observations support not only cosmological inflation in the early universe, which is also known as exponential cosmic expansion, but also that the expansion of the late-time universe is accelerating. To explain this phenomenon, the existence of dark energy is proposed. In addition, according to the rotation curve of galaxies, the existence of dark matter, which does not shine, is also suggested. If primordial gravitational waves are detected in the future, the mechanism for realizing inflation can be revealed. Moreover, there exist two main candidates for dark matter. The first is a new particle, the existence of which is predicted in particle physics. The second is an astrophysical object which is not found by electromagnetic waves. Furthermore, there are two representative approaches to account for the accelerated expansion of the current universe. One is to assume the unknown dark energy in general relativity. The other is to extend the gravity theory to large scales. Investigation of the origins of inflation, dark matter, and dark energy is one of the most fundamental problems in modern physics and cosmology. The purpose of this book is to explore the physics and cosmology of inflation, dark matter, and dark energy.