UVa Physics Department Fermilab 95-759  
Dark Energy
A Lunch Meeting Series
organized by Jim Condon (NRAO)
and P. Q. Hung (UVa Physics)
The purpose of these lunch meetings is to study the nature of the Dark Energy, observationally and theoretically, and to explore possible avenues of research which could help elucidate what the Dark Energy might be.
  NRAO Dark Energy Study Group Image courtesy of NRAO/AUI  
 
Review Article: Freedman & Turner "Measuring and Understanding the Universe"

Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia: Dark energy


Lunch Talks:
  • Introduction to Dark Energy, P.Q. Hung (November 16, 2005) [pdf]
  • Dark Energy: Constraints from Astronomy, Answers from Physics, Jim Condon, (November 30, 2005) [powerpoint, pdf]
  • Survey of Dark Energy Models, P.Q. Hung (December 14, 2005) [pdf]
  • Dark Energy: Constraints from the Hubble Constant, Jim Condon (January 25, 2006) [powerpoint, pdf]
  • SNe Ia, Roger Chevalier (March 22, 2006)
  • Dark Energy and H_0, P.Q. Hung (UVa Physics) at 12:30 PM on Wednesday, April 12, 2006, in the NRAO Edgemont Road auditorium.
  • Next: The Ages of the Oldest Globular Clusters, Bob Rood (UVa Astronomy) at 12:30 PM on Wednesday, April 26, 2006, in the NRAO Edgemont Road auditorium.
Other Talks Of Interest
  • Wayne Hu, U. of Chicago, NRAO Auditorium on Thursday, February 23, 2006 at 4:00pm.
  • What's New in Cosmology (including new WMAP results), Ned Wright, UCLA, NRAO Auditorium on Thursday, March 23, 2006 at 4:00pm.
Announcements:
  6th Rencontres du Vietnam
Hanoi
6th - 12th August, 2006
Challenges in Particle Astrophysics
URL: vietnam.in2p3.fr/2006/