Astrophysical and cosmological problems of invisible mass and dark energy in the Universe

TL;DR

This paper reviews the results of a Ukrainian scientific project focused on understanding dark matter and dark energy through astrophysical and cosmological research conducted over three years, combining theoretical and experimental approaches.

Contribution

It presents the outcomes of a multi-year research program on dark matter and dark energy, integrating various scientific disciplines and experimental data.

Findings

Advances in understanding the structure of the Universe.

Experimental results related to dark matter detection.

Theoretical insights into dark energy properties.

Abstract

The Workshop on results of the Project Kosmomikrofizyka-2 (Astroparticle Physics) of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) of Ukraine "Astrophysical and cosmological problems of invisible mass and dark energy in the Universe" was held on November 21-22, 2012 in the Institute for Nuclear Research, Kyiv, Ukraine (http://lpd.kinr.kiev.ua/kmf12). This Project was carried out during three years (2010-2012) by scientists from various universities and institutes of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine; it was a logical continuation of the previous scientific program of the NAS of Ukraine "Researches of structure and composition of the Universe, hidden mass and dark energy (Kosmomikrofizyka)" in 2007-2009. These programs were devoted to theoretical and experimental investigations in astronomy, astrophysics, cosmology, physics of atomic nuclei and particle physics, which are related with the problems of dark matter and dark energy in the Universe.