Nature and Origin of Dark Matter and Dark Energy, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Symmetry (ISSN 2073-8994). This special issue belongs to the section "Physics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2025 | Viewed by 1375
Special Issue Editors
2. Institute for Advanced Physical Studies, Boulevard “Tsarigradsko Shose” 111, Sofia 1784, Bulgaria
Interests: nuclear and particle physics; theoretical and mathematical physics; gravity and general relativity; cosmology and astrophysics
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2. Institute of Space Sciences (ICE, CSIC), 08193 Barcelona, Spain
3. Institut d Estudis Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC), 08034 Barcelona, Spain
Interests: cosmology; dark cosmos; large scale structure of the universe
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Dark matter (DM) and dark energy (DE) are the two most challenging problems in contemporary physics and astrophysics. DM and DE constitute about 95% of the Universe's energy content, but their nature remains unknown. Supporting evidence for DM has been obtained from astronomical observations of the rotation curve of galaxies, the growth of the density fluctuations in the Universe, gravitational lenses, Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) fluctuations, etc. DE evidence originates from the observed acceleration of the expansion of the Universe. For over three decades, studies in large particle physics labs like CERN have failed to identify the nature of DM and DE. On the theoretical side, physicists have explored two main avenues: the existence of unknown particles and modifications to fundamental symmetry properties in gravitational theory and cosmology.
This Special Issue of Symmetry is devoted to presenting both new results on the observational constraints of dark matter and dark energy and new theoretical interpretations regarding their nature and origin.
Dr. Vesselin Gueorguiev
Prof. Dr. Enrique Gaztanaga
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- dark matter
- dark energy
- cosmology
- galaxies
- CMB
- universe
- expansion
- cosmological constant
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