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GR: Fachverband Gravitation und Relativitätstheorie

GR 23: Poster (permanent)

GR 23.8: Poster

Friday, March 1, 2013, 14:45–14:45, HS 6

The Question of Dark Energy — •Albrecht Giese — Taxusweg 15, 22605 Hamburg

Dark energy is considered to be one of the great mysteries in present-day physics. From measurements of the motion of type Ia supernovae, it is deduced that the universe is undergoing accelerated expansion. To explain this acceleration, it is assumed that the universe is filled with some type of ("dark") energy.

To shed light on this problem, we will give a survey of the concepts currently being discussed by the physics community. Furthermore, we will present an alternative solution which is on the one hand very straightforward and simple, but on the other hand contradicts some common assumptions of present-day physics, particularly regarding relativity. We will discuss to what extent these conflicts are critical in that they may exclude an otherwise viable solution.

Further information: www.ag-physics.org/gravity