Rendering dark energy void

The current model of cosmology, the Friedman-Lemaitre-Robertson-Valker model, assumes that the universe is approximately homogeneous and isotropic on very large scales. Further assuming flatness and dark energy in the form of Einstein's cosmological constant A then implies that the latter contributes roughly 73% of the total energy of the universe, cold dark matter (CD'I) 23SiC, and baryons, the matter we are made, only 4%.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of Astronomy

Year dc:date.issued

2009

Author dc:creator

• February, Sean Phillip

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Clarkson, Chris

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11912

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/11912