Discussion Group on Dark Energy and Early Universe

All meetings are held on Tuesdays at 12:15 in the PAS-218
Date Subject Suggested Reading
February 17, 2004
 The Cosmological Constant
Discussion Leader: Delphine Perrodin 		Hogg 1999 (astro-ph/9905116)
Baez 2001 (gr-qc/0103044)
February 24, 2004
 No Seminar
 No Seminar
March 2, 2004
 CMB and Dark Energy
Discussion Leader: Daniel Eisenstein		 Spergel et al. 2003, ApJS, 148, 175
Hu & White 2004
March 9, 2004
 High-redshift Supernovae
Discussion Leader: Adam Burrows		 TBA
March 16, 2004
 No Seminar
Spring Break
March 23, 2004
 Theoretical Ideas for the Cosmological Constant
Discussion Leader: Keith Dienes		 Weinberg, Rev. Mod. Phys. 61 (1989) 1.
March 30, 2004
 Cosmological Constant cont'd
Discussion Leader: Keith Dienes 		Weinberg, Rev. Mod. Phys. 61 (1989) 1.
April 6, 2004
 Quintessence
Discussion Leader: Dimitrios Psaltis 		Ratra & Peebles, 1988 PhRvD, 37, 3406
Caldwell & Doran 2003 (astro-ph/0305334)
April 13, 2004
 Cosmological Constant in Gravity with Extra Dimensions
Discussion Leader: Shufang Su 		Dvali, Gabadadze, & Shifman, 2003, PRD 67:044020

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