Report-no: EFI-2001-27;
astro-ph/0107571

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DARK ENERGY AND THE PREPOSTEROUS UNIVERSE

Sean M. Carroll

Enrico Fermi Institute and Department of Physics, University of Chicago
5640 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
E-mail: carroll@theory.uchicago.edu


Abstract. A brief review is offered of the theoretical background concerning dark energy: what is required by observations, what sort of models are being considered, and how they fit into particle physics and gravitation. Contribution to the SNAP (SuperNova Acceleration Probe) Yellow Book.


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