proposed by some physicists to be a fifth fundamental force. Quintessence differs from the cosmological constant explanation of dark energy in that it is dynamic;...
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up quintessence in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Quintessence, or fifth essence, may refer to: Aether (classical element), in medieval cosmology and...
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include quintessence, Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND) and its relativistic generalization TeVeS, and warm dark matter. Modern physical cosmology as it...
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In cosmology, the cosmological constant (usually denoted by the Greek capital letter lambda: Λ), alternatively called Einstein's cosmological constant...
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Aether (classical element) (redirect from Quintessence (alchemy))
Zlatev, I.; Wang, L.; Steinhardt, P. (1999). "Quintessence, Cosmic Coincidence, and the Cosmological Constant". Physical Review Letters (Submitted manuscript)...
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Physical cosmology is a branch of cosmology concerned with the study of cosmological models. A cosmological model, or simply cosmology, provides a description...
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Cosmology (from Ancient Greek κόσμος (cosmos) 'the universe, the world' and λογία (logia) 'study of') is a branch of physics and metaphysics dealing with...
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Dark energy (category Physical cosmological concepts)
having energy densities that vary in time and space) such as quintessence or moduli. A cosmological constant would remain constant across time and space, while...
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Quintessence: The Search for Missing Mass in the Universe is the fifth non-fiction book by the American theoretical physicist Lawrence M. Krauss. The book...
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Big Bang (redirect from Big Bang cosmology)
Einstein's cosmological constant but also extending to more exotic forms of quintessence or other modified gravity schemes. A cosmological constant problem...
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Lambda-CDM model (redirect from Concordance cosmology)
{\displaystyle \Omega _{\text{tot}}} may be different from 1); or quintessence rather than a cosmological constant where the equation of state of dark energy is...
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Friedmann–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker metric (redirect from Friedmann-Lemaitre-Robertson-Walker cosmology)
Friedmann–Lemaître (FL). This model is sometimes called the Standard Model of modern cosmology, although such a description is also associated with the further developed...
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observational cosmology. By accurately measuring w {\displaystyle w} , it is hoped that the cosmological constant could be distinguished from quintessence which...
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Cosmos (category Physical cosmology)
universe as a complex and orderly system or entity. The cosmos is studied in cosmology – a broad discipline covering scientific, religious or philosophical aspects...
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Void (astronomy) (redirect from Void (cosmology))
together, creating huge cosmic structures known as galaxy filaments. The cosmological evolution of the void regions differs drastically from the evolution...
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quantum field theory? (more unsolved problems in physics) In cosmology, the cosmological constant problem or vacuum catastrophe is the substantial disagreement...
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Big Crunch (category Physical cosmology)
The FLRW cosmology can predict whether the expansion will eventually stop based on the average energy density, Hubble parameter, and cosmological constant...
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Boltzmann brain (category Physical cosmology)
triggering "death by Higgs". If no cosmological constant exists, and if the presently observed vacuum energy is from quintessence that will eventually completely...
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or quintessence, model. Dark energy is the leading candidate for the mechanism that is responsible for causing the observed accelerated cosmological expansion...
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Universe (category Physical cosmology)
dark energy are the cosmological constant, a constant energy density filling space homogeneously, and scalar fields such as quintessence or moduli, dynamic...
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be a coincidence of timing? Is dark energy a pure cosmological constant or are models of quintessence such as phantom energy applicable? Do early dark...
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Hierarchy problem (section Cosmological constant)
In physical cosmology, current observations in favor of an accelerating universe imply the existence of a tiny, but nonzero cosmological constant. This...
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weekday. There are also five elements in the traditional Chinese Wuxing. Quintessence, meaning "fifth element", refers to the elusive fifth element that completes...
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Prize in Physics in 2019 for his theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology. He shared the prize with Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz for their discovery...
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Cronin and Val Fitch. It plays an important role both in the attempts of cosmology to explain the dominance of matter over antimatter in the present universe...
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Religious interpretations of the Big Bang theory (category Religious cosmologies)
physical cosmological paradigm, there have been a variety of reactions by religious groups regarding its implications for religious cosmologies. Some accept...
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theories of gravity, including General relativity, Brans-Dicke theory, Quintessence, Dilaton, Chameleon and covariant Galileon as special cases. Horndeski's...
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Accelerating expansion of the universe (category Physical cosmological concepts)
are quintessence, a proposed form of dark energy with a non-constant state equation, whose density decreases with time. A negative mass cosmology does...
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provocatively by importing corruptible earthy elements into the pure quintessence. That raised heaven-shattering possibilities. The interstellar space...
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Axis mundi (category Esoteric cosmology)
Islamic and Arabic cosmologies, the mountain Harā Bərəz in Zoroastrian cosmology, Mount Meru in Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist cosmologies, and Mecca as a cosmic...
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