Sources and Detection of Dark Matter and Dark Energy in the Universe
Dark matter research is one of the most fascinating and active fields among current high-profile scientific endeavors. It holds the key to all major breakthroughs to come in the fields of cosmology and astroparticle physics. The present volume is particul
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David B. Cline (Ed.)
Sources and Detection of Dark Matter and Dark Energy in the Universe Fourth International Symposium Held at Marina del Rey, CA, USA February 23-25, 2000
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David B. Cline Department of Physics & Astronomy BOX951547
University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA 90095-1547, USA
Cover picture: The present and future limits on the search for WIMP dark matter (lines) and theoretical predictions for the rates (colors). Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data applied for.
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Preface
The Fourth International Symposium on Sources and Detection of Dark Matter and Dark Energy in the Universe was perhaps the most interesting meeting in this series. The evidence for a cosmological constant or accelerating universe continues to grow. The first "precision cosmology" measurements have started with the Boomerang CMBR data (presented in the first session of the meeting), and the first possible claim for the observation of dark matter particles (DAMA results) was strongly debated at this meeting. An impressive array of WIMP detectors are under construction or are starting to take data. The next few meetings in this series could witness results from these detectors and may even provi
