Dark Energy and Cosmic Acceleration

99 Pages·2009·23.38 MB·English

by  Astronomy & Astrophysics

2009 Biermann Lectures:
“Quarks and the Cosmos”
I. Cosmic Acceleration and Dark Energy (8 July)
I. Inflation and Beyond (23 July)
II. Future Opportunities and Challenges (28 July)
July 2009
MPA-Garching
Michael S. Turner
Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics
The University of Chicago
•
Contributions to the theory of
convection in stars
• Modeled the solar
chromosphere and corona
• Computed atomic physics
parameters needed for stars
• Predicted the solar wind
(based upon comets)
• Magnetic fields in the solar
system and in the Galaxy
Where is he now?
Profound
Connections
Between Quarks
and the Cosmos
Basic Features
of the Universe
tied to
Fundamental
Physics
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Michael S Turner