Session M2: Dark Matter and Dark Energy

3:30 PM–5:18 PM, Sunday, April 13, 2008
Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (formerly Adam's Mark Hotel), - St. Louis D

Sponsoring Units: DPF DAP
Chair: Juan Collar, University of Chicago

Abstract: M2.00003 : What can we learn from future dark energy probes?

4:42 PM–5:18 PM

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Author:

  Andreas Albrecht
    (UC Davis)

I briefly review the fundamental physics motivations for the study of dark energy and then take up the problem of assessing of the impact of propose dark energy experiments. I consider in turn a variety of approaches, from forecasting the impact of data on abstract dark energy parameters to exploring its impact on specific scalar field models. The Dark Energy Task Force model data sets are used to provide common points of comparison. I show that a remarkably consistent picture emerges from these diverse methods.