Sources and Detection of Dark Matter and Dark Energy in the Universe : Fourth International Symposium Held at Marina Del Rey, CA, USA February 23-25, 2000

dark Matter Research Is One Of The Most Fascinating And Active Fields Among Current High-profile Scientific Endeavours. It Holds The Key To All Major Breakthroughs To Come In The Fields Of Cosmology And Astroparticle Physics. The Present Volume Is Particularly Concerned With The Sources And The Detection Of Dark Matter And Dark Energy In The Universe And Will Prove To Be An Invaluable Research Tool For All Scientists Who Work In This Field. Front Matter....Pages I-XXI Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Cosmological Parameters....Pages 3-17 The Cosmological Constant Problems....Pages 18-26 The Cosmological Constant from the Viewpoint of String Theory....Pages 27-36 The Dark Matter Telescope....Pages 37-49 Front Matter....Pages 51-51 Dust versus Supernova Cosmology....Pages 53-65 Measurement of the Cosmological Constant from Galactic Velocity Rotation Data....Pages 66-73 An Introduction to Quintessence....Pages 74-91 Is the ΛCDM Model Consistent with Observations of Large-Scale Structure?....Pages 92-97 Light Scalars in Cosmology....Pages 98-104 Front Matter....Pages 105-105 Optimal Supernova Search Strategies....Pages 107-118 The Second Peak: The Dark-Energy Density and the Cosmic Microwave Background....Pages 119-127 Latest Cosmological Constraints on the Densities of Hot and Cold Dark Matter....Pages 128-137 Prospects for MAP & PLANCK....Pages 138-142 Studying Dark Matter with ACBAR on Viper....Pages 143-148 Resonant Photon-Graviton Conversion as a Probe into Inflationary Universe....Pages 149-156 Front Matter....Pages 157-157 Death of Stellar Baryonic Dark Matter....Pages 159-167 EROS Microlensing Results: Not Enough Machos in the Galactic Halo....Pages 168-176 Neutralino Dark Matter vs Galaxy Formation....Pages 177-181 Cosmological Relativity: A General-Relativistic Theory for the Accelerating Expanding Universe....Pages 182-191 Front Matter....Pages 193-193 Relic Neutralinos and Dark Matter....Pages 195-202 Front Matter....Pages 193-193 CP Violation and Dark Matter....Pages 203-210 Mirror Dark Matter....Pages 211-221 Neutralino Proton Cross Sections for Dark Matter in SUGRA and D-BRANE Models....Pages 222-235 Antimatter from Supersymmetric Dark Matter....Pages 236-243 Relic Abundances and the Boltzmann Equation....Pages 244-247 Supersymmetry, Q-Balls, and Dark Matter....Pages 248-255 SIMP (Strongly Interacting Massive Particle) Search....Pages 256-262 Self-Interacting Dark Matter....Pages 263-274 Prediction of Ω M and Estimate of Ω Λ ....Pages 275-280 Accurate Dark Matter Theory and Exact Solutions....Pages 281-289 Front Matter....Pages 291-291 Recent DAMA Results....Pages 293-308 Annual Signal Modulation to Search for WIMPs and Direct Searching....Pages 309-321 Recent Results from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search for Weakly Interacting Massive Particles....Pages 322-332 Pulse Shape Discrimination and Dark Matter Search with NaI(Tl) Scintillator at the Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane....Pages 333-339 Interpretation of the Anomalous NaI Events....Pages 340-348 Combining Information from Direct and Indirect Searches for WIMPs....Pages 349-362 Front Matter....Pages 363-363 Progress on the Boulby Mine Dark Matter Experiments....Pages 365-377 Status of the EDELWEISS Experiment....Pages 378-386 Status of Dark Matter Search with the HDMS Experiment and the GENINO Project....Pages 387-398 The CRESST Dark Matter Search....Pages 399-408 Front Matter....Pages 363-363 Dark Matter Experiments in the Canfranc Underground Laboratory....Pages 409-419 Dark Matter Results in the MIBETA Experiment....Pages 420-427 Search for Dark Matter WIMPs Using Upward-Going Muons in Super-Kamiokande....Pages 428-439 Search for SUSY Dark Matter with CMS at LHC....Pages 440-450 Front Matter....Pages 451-451 Design of the ZEPLIN II Detector....Pages 453-460 Development of a Two-Phase Xenon Discriminating Detector for Use in Dark Matter Searches at the Boulby Underground Laboratory....Pages 461-468 A Project of a New Detector for Direct Dark Matter Search: MACHe3....Pages 469-476 Status and Prospects for SIMPLE....Pages 477-484 Measurement of Scintillation Amplification in a Xenon Detector with a CsI-Luminescence Plate....Pages 485-492 Hot and Cold Dark Matter Search with GENIUS....Pages 493-504 Front Matter....Pages 505-505 Large Extra Dimensions and Hot Dark Matter....Pages 507-515 Detecting Ultra High Energy Neutrinos by Upward Tau Airshowers and Gamma Flashes....Pages 516-524 Super-Kamiokande 0.07 eV Neutrinos in Cosmology: Hot Dark Matter and the Highest Energy Cosmic Rays....Pages 525-531 Future Neutrino Astrophysics Projects at the UK Boulby Mine....Pages 532-539 Back Matter....Pages 541-544 From the contents: Overview of cosmological parameters and concepts The cosmological constant evidence Precision cosmology measurements Baryonic dark matter Theory of dark matter processes Possible evidence for dark matter particles Search for dark matter particles around the world New detectors for the dark matter search Hot dark matter.