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SUMMARY:Dark Energy
DESCRIPTION:Organisation: Ralf Bender (Garching) und KollegenDuring the las
 t decade a consistent quantitative picture of the universe has emerged from
  a wide range of observations, including the microwave background, distant 
 supernovae and the large-scale distribution of galaxies. In this standard m
 odel of the universe, normal baryonic matter contributes only 4% to the ove
 rall density, 96% are dark components in the form of dark matter (26%) and 
 dark energy (70%). Particularly, the existence and amount of dark energy is
  completely unexpected and raises fundamental questions about the foundatio
 ns of modern physics. Is dark energy merely a cosmological constant, as fir
 st discussed by Einstein, is it a new kind of field that evolves dynamicall
 y with the expansion of the universe, or is a new law of gravity needed?Obs
 ervers are intensely analysing current surveys or design new ones that will
  illucidate the properties of Dark Energy. At the same time, theoreticians 
 are producing new ideas about its nature and possible origin. The conferenc
 e aims to bring together observers, modelers and theoreticians from particl
 e physics and astrophysics to present and discuss latest results and explor
 e possible routes for future research.Invited SpeakersLuca Amendola, Pierre
  Astier, Hans Böhringer, Ed Copeland, Ruth Durrer, Georgi Dvali, Daniel Eis
 enstein, Carlos Frenk, Joshua Frieman, Günther Hasinger, Wolfgang Hillebran
 dt, Wayne Hu (tbc), Bruno Leibundgut, Roy Maartens, Yannick Mellier, Joe Mo
 hr, Slava Mukhanov, Hans-Peter Nilles, John Peacock, Brian Schmidt, Peter S
 chneider, Roman Scoccimarro, Andy Taylor, and Christof Wetterich.Topical ta
 lks will be selected from among the applicants. Ample space for posters clo
 se to the conference hall is available. The conference talks and posters (i
 n full length) will be published on a maintained webpage, no formal proceed
 ings are planned.Homepage der Jahreskonferenzhttp://www.mpe.mpg.de/events/d
 ark-energy-2008/
LOCATION:München
DTSTAMP:20251112T170935Z
DTSTART:20081006T220000Z
DTEND:20081010T220000Z
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