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  1. Observational Evidence from Supernovae for an Accelerating Universe and a Cosmological Constant

    Adam G. Riess, A. V. Filippenko, P. Challis, et al. · 1998 · The Astronomical Journal · 19,673 citations

    We present spectral and photometric observations of 10 Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) in the redshift range 0.16 ≤ z ≤ 0.62. The luminosity distances of these objects are determined by methods that employ relations between SN Ia luminosity and light curve shape. Combined with previous data from our High- z Supernova Search Team and recent results by Riess et al., this expanded set of 16 high-redshift supernovae and a set of 34 nearby supernovae are used to place constraints on the following cosmological parameters: the Hubble constant ( H 0 ), the mass density (Ω M ), the cosmological constant (i.e., the vacuum energy density, Ω Λ ), the deceleration parameter ( q 0 ), and the dynamical age of

  2. SEVEN-YEAR<i>WILKINSON MICROWAVE ANISOTROPY PROBE</i>(<i>WMAP</i>) OBSERVATIONS: COSMOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION

    Eiichiro Komatsu, Kendrick M. Smith, J. Dunkley, et al. · 2011 · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series · 8,883 citations

    SEVEN-YEAR WILKINSON MICROWAVE ANISOTROPY PROBE (WMAP*) OBSERVATIONS: COSMOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION, E. Komatsu, K. M. Smith, J. Dunkley, C. L. Bennett, B. Gold, G. Hinshaw, N. Jarosik, D. Larson, M. R. Nolta, L. Page, D. N. Spergel, M. Halpern, R. S. Hill, A. Kogut, M. Limon, S. S. Meyer, N. Odegard, G. S. Tucker, J. L. Weiland, E. Wollack, E. L. Wright

  3. Three‐Year<i>Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe</i>(<i>WMAP</i>) Observations: Implications for Cosmology

    David N. Spergel, Rachel Bean, Olivier Doré, et al. · 2007 · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series · 6,668 citations

    A simple cosmological model with only six parameters (matter density, Ω m h 2 , baryon density, Ω b h 2 , Hubble constant, H 0 , amplitude of fluctuations, σ 8 , optical depth, τ, and a slope for the scalar perturbation spectrum, n s ) fits not only the 3 year WMAP temperature and polarization data, but also small-scale CMB data, light element abundances, large-scale structure observations, and the supernova luminosity/distance relationship. Using WMAP data only, the best-fit values for cosmological parameters for the power-law flat Λ cold dark matter (ΛCDM) model are (Ω m h 2 ,Ω b h 2 , h , n s ,τ,σ 8 ) = (0.1277 ,0.02229 ± 0.00073,0.732 ,0.958 ± 0.016,0.089 ± 0.030,0.761 ). The 3 year data

  4. <i>Planck</i>2013 results. XVI. Cosmological parameters

    P. A. R. Ade, N. Aghanim, C. Armitage-Caplan, et al. · 2014 · Astronomy and Astrophysics · 6,597 citations

    This paper presents the first cosmological results based on Planck measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature and lensing-potential power spectra. We find that the Planck spectra at high multipoles ( > 40) are extremely well described by the standard spatiallyflat six-parameter CDM cosmology with a power-law spectrum of adiabatic scalar perturbations. Within the context of this cosmology, the Planck data determine the cosmological parameters to high precision: the angular size of the sound horizon at recombination, the physical densities of baryons and cold dark matter, and the scalar spectral index are estimated to be * = (1.04147 0.00062) 10 -2 , b h 2 = 0.02205 0.00

  5. FIVE-YEAR<i>WILKINSON MICROWAVE ANISOTROPY PROBE</i>OBSERVATIONS: COSMOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION

    Eiichiro Komatsu, J. Dunkley, Michael R. Nolta, et al. · 2009 · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series · 5,734 citations

    The Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe ( WMAP ) 5-year data provide stringent limits on deviations from the minimal, six-parameter Λ cold dark matter model. We report these limits and use them to constrain the physics of cosmic inflation via Gaussianity, adiabaticity, the power spectrum of primordial fluctuations, gravitational waves, and spatial curvature. We also constrain models of dark energy via its equation of state, parity-violating interaction, and neutrino properties, such as mass and the number of species. We detect no convincing deviations from the minimal model. The six parameters and the corresponding 68% uncertainties, derived from the WMAP data combined with the distance mea

  6. The cosmological constant and dark energy

    P. J. E. Peebles, Bharat Ratra · 2003 · Reviews of Modern Physics · 5,289 citations

    Physics welcomes the idea that space contains energy whose gravitational effect approximates that of Einstein's cosmological constant, \ensuremath{\Lambda}; today the concept is termed dark energy or quintessence. Physics also suggests that dark energy could be dynamical, allowing for the arguably appealing picture of an evolving dark-energy density approaching its natural value, zero, and small now because the expanding universe is old. This would alleviate the classical problem of the curious energy scale of a millielectron volt associated with a constant \ensuremath{\Lambda}. Dark energy may have been detected by recent cosmological tests. These tests make a good scientific case for the c

  8. A Direct Empirical Proof of the Existence of Dark Matter

    Douglas Clowe, Maruša Bradač, Anthony H. Gonzalez, et al. · 2006 · The Astrophysical Journal · 2,391 citations

    We present new weak-lensing observations of 1E 0657-558 ( z = 0.296), a unique cluster merger, that enable a direct detection of dark matter, independent of assumptions regarding the nature of the gravitational force law. Due to the collision of two clusters, the dissipationless stellar component and the fluid-like X-ray-emitting plasma are spatially segregated. By using both wide-field ground-based images and HST /ACS images of the cluster cores, we create gravitational lensing maps showing that the gravitational potential does not trace the plasma distribution, the dominant baryonic mass component, but rather approximately traces the distribution of galaxies. An 8 σ significance spatial of

  9. Axion cosmology

    David J. E. Marsh · 2016 · Physics Reports · 2,012 citations

  10. Ultralight scalars as cosmological dark matter

    Lam Hui, Jeremiah P. Ostriker, Scott Tremaine, et al. · 2017 · Physical review. D/Physical review. D. · 1,731 citations

    Many aspects of the large-scale structure of the Universe can be described successfully using cosmological models in which $27\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}1%$ of the critical mass-energy density consists of cold dark matter (CDM). However, few---if any---of the predictions of CDM models have been successful on scales of $\ensuremath{\sim}10\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{kpc}$ or less. This lack of success is usually explained by the difficulty of modeling baryonic physics (star formation, supernova and black-hole feedback, etc.). An intriguing alternative to CDM is that the dark matter is an extremely light ($m\ensuremath{\sim}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}22}\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{eV}$) boson having a de Br

  11. Non-baryonic dark matter: observational evidence and detection methods

    Lars Bergström · 2000 · Reports on Progress in Physics · 916 citations

    The evidence for the existence of dark matter in the universe is reviewed. A general picture emerges, where both baryonic and non-baryonic dark matter is needed to explain current observations. In particular, a wealth of observational information points to the existence of a non-baryonic component, contributing between around 20 and 40% of the critical mass density needed to make the universe geometrically flat on large scales. In addition, an even larger contribution from vacuum energy (or cosmological constant) is indicated by recent observations. To the theoretically favoured particle candidates for non-baryonic dark matter belong axions, supersymmetric particles, and of less importance,

  18. Cosmology and the dark matter frontier

    L. Bergström · 2013 · Physica Scripta · 6 citations

    A brief overview is given about some issues in current astroparticle physics, focusing on the dark matter (DM) problem, where the connection to Large Hadron Collider (LHC) physics is particularly strong. New data from the Planck satellite has made the evidence in favour of the existence of DM even stronger. The favourite, though not the only, candidates for cosmological DM, weakly interacting massive particles, are being probed by a variety of experiments—direct detection through scattering in terrestrial detectors, indirect detection by observing products of annihilation of DM in the Galaxy and finally searches at accelerators such as the LHC. The field is in the interesting situation that

  19. When backgrounds become signals: neutrino interactions in xenon-based dark matter detectors

    M. Atzori Corona, M. Cadeddu, N. Cargioli, et al. · 2025 · Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics · 5 citations

    Direct detection dark matter experiments have proven to be compelling probes for studying low-energy neutrino interactions with both nuclei and atomic electrons, offering complementary information to accelerator and reactor-based neutrino experiments. Recently, the XENONnT and PandaX-4T collaborations reported the first evidence of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering from 8B solar neutrinos. Thanks to their excellent background rejection capabilities and distinctive signal signatures, dual-phase time projection chambers are also sensitive to pp solar neutrinos via their elastic scattering off atomic electrons in the target material. Although this signal is subdominant within the Sta

  21. 2024 TASI Lectures: A Dark Matter Primer

    T. Yu · 2025 · 4 citations

    These notes are based on a sequence of 4 lectures delivered at the 2024 Theoretical Advanced Study Institute (TASI) and at the Universit\`a degli Studi di Padova. They are intended for graduate students at the early stages of their study of dark matter with some prior exposure to cosmology and quantum field theory. The primary aim is to offer an accessible introduction to dark matter and to lay the groundwork for exploring its phenomenology. These lectures are not intended to serve as a comprehensive review. We begin by motivating the study of dark matter through a discussion of the empirical evidence and the constraints it places on dark matter properties. This is followed by an overview of

  24. Non-Detection of Dark Matter Particles: A Case for Alternate Theories of Gravity

    Arun Kenath, C. Sivaram, A. Prasad, et al. · 2020 · Journal of High Energy Physics, Gravitation and Cosmology · 2 citations

    While there is overwhelming evidence for dark matter (DM) in galaxies and galaxy clusters, all searches for DM particles have so far proved negative. It is not even clear whether only one particle is involved or a combination or particles, their masses not precisely predicted. This non-detectability raises the possible relevance of modified gravity theories – MOND, MONG, etc. Here we consider a specific modification of Newtonian gravity (MONG) which involves gravitational self-energy, leading to modified equations whose solutions imply flat rotation curves and limitations of sizes of clusters. The results are consistent with current observations including that involving large spirals. This m

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