目录 Part I Preliminaries in a Nutshell 1 Gravitation. 1.1 The Curved Spacetime 1.2 The Curved Spacetime:an Example 1.3 TheEinstein Equation 2 Matter Components 2. 1 The StressTensor 2.2 Perfect Fluid 2. 3 Observers and Energy Conditions 2.4 TheVacuum 2.5 Particles. 2.6 Homogeneous Field Configurations 3 Cosmology 3.1 The Cosmological Principle 3.2 Newtonian Cosmology 3.3 FRW Cosmology Part II Theoretical Aspects 4 Introduction to Dark Energy 4.1 The Cosmological Constant Reloaded 4.2 TheTheoretical ChallengeReferences 5 Weinbergs Classification 5.1 Supersymmetry 5.2 Anthropic Principle 5.3 Tuning Mechanism 5.4 Modifying Gravity 5.5 Quantum Cosmology References 6 Symmetry 6.1 Supersymmetry in 2{1 Dimensions 6.2 t HooftNobhenhuis Symmetry 6.3 KaplanSundrum Symmetry 6.4 Symmetry of Reversing Sign of the Metric 6.5 Sealing Invariance in D > 4 References 7 Anthropic Principle 7.1 BoussoPolchinski Scenario 7.2 KKLT Scenario 7.3 Populating the Landscape and Anthropic Interpretations. References 8 Tuning Mechanisms 8.1 Brane versus Bulk Mechanism 8.2 Black Hole SelfAdjustment References 9 Modified Gravity 9.1 f(R) Models 9.2 MOND and TeVeS Theories 9.3 DGP Model 9.4 Other Modified Gravity Theories References 10 Quantum Cosmology 10.1 Cosmological Constant Seesaw 10.2 Wave Function through the Landscape References 11 Holographic Principle 11.1 The Holographic Principle 11.2 Holographic Dark Energy 11.3 Complementary Motivations 11.4 Agegraphic Dark Energy 11.5 Ricci Dark Energy References 12 BackReaction 12.1 SubHubble Inhomogeneities 12.2 SuperHubble Inhomogeneities References 13 Phenomenological Models 13.1 Quintessence, Phantom and Quintom 13.2 KEssense, Custuton, Braiding and Ghost Condensation 13.3 Higher Spin Fields 13.4 Chaplygin Gas and Viscous Fluid 13.5 Particle Physics Models 13.6 Dark Energy Perturbations References 14 The Theoretical Challenge Revisited References Part III Observational Aspects 15 Basis of Statistics 15.1 X2 Analysis 15.2 Algorithms for the BestFit Analysis 15.3 The Markov Chain Monte Carlo Algorithm 15.4 The Fisher Matrix Techniques References 16 Cosmic Probes of Dark Energy 16.1 Type Ia Supernovae 16.2 Cosmic Microwave Background 16.3 Baryon Acoustic Oscillations 16.4 Weak Lensing 16.5 Galaxy Clusters 16.6 GammaPay Burst 16.7 XRay Observations 16.8 Hubble Parameter Measurements 16.9 Cosmic Age Tests 16.10 Growth Factor 16.11 Other Cosmological Probes References 17 Dark Energy Projects 17.1 OnGoing Projects 17.2 IntermediateScale, NearFuture Projects 17.3 LargerScale, LongerTerm Future Projects References 18 Observational Constraints on Specific Theoretical Models 18.1 Scalar Field Models 18.2 Chaplygin Gas Models 18.3 Holographic Dark Energy Models 18.4 DvaliGabadadzePorrati Model 18.5 f(R) Models 18.6 Other Modified Gravity Models 18.7 Inhomogeneous LTB and BackReartion Models 18.8 Comparison of Dark Energy Models References 19 Dark Energy Reconstructions from Observational Data 19.1 Specific Ansatz 19.2 Binned Parametrization 19.3 Polynomial Fitting 19.4 Gaussian Process Modeling References Index
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