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Sean Carroll's Mindscape
359 | Solo: Theories of Dark Energy
Cosmology, Astronomy, Astrophysics and podcast hosted by Sean Carroll
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Sean Carroll explores explanations for cosmic acceleration beyond a constant vacuum energy. He discusses dynamical dark-energy models, their relationship to particle physics, possible changes to gravity and the observations that could help distinguish competing theories.
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Cosmic accelerationVacuum energydynamical dark-energy modelsParticle Physicscompeting theoriesgravity
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