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The Cosmological Constant References

Cosmological Constant References Resource book on Dark Energy, edited by E. Linder (dark energy is the more general name for the cosmological constant) Articles: The course will be roughly following the outline given in Living with Lambda, by Joanne Cohn, July 1998 Several reviews and articles have appeared since, each with different emphasis: WMAP Introduction to Cosmology Dark matter and dark energy in the universe by M. Turner, Nov. 1998 Cosmological constant and dark matter by L. Krauss, July 1998 The case for a positive cosmological lambda-term, Sahni and Starobinsky, April 1999 The Cosmological Constant, by Sean Carroll, April 2000 see also his article with Press and Turner, Ann. Rev. Astron. Astrophys. 30, 499 (1992) Cosmological Antigravity, by L. Krauss, Scientific American, Jan. 1999 Memos on Dark Energy from the Snowmass 2001 Yellow Book, collected by E. Linder The Runaway Universe (book), by Goldsmith The Runaway Universe, NOVA online pages (tie in to show Nov. 11, 2000) By lecture Other Source materials movies of numerical simulations available on request from Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics Cosmic Voyage video of IMAX movie (for sale) General Cosmology References Books: Sorted by level Web Sites: Partially annotated list, sorted by topic News Articles: Some news reports and press releases. Also for a whimsical look at things (not correct scientifically!) there is Calvino's book Cosmicomics. Home Syllabus References Lecture References Useful Links Contact Back to Harvard University Department of Astronomy Academics.