Structure and evolution of the Universe

Structure and evolution of the Universe

Studying the structuration of the Universe consists in studying how galaxies, galaxy clusters, stars and planets form and evolve. The starting point of the structuration of the Universe is well known: the tiny inhomogeneities in the diffuse cosmological background, as observed by WMAP and more recently by Planck. The theoretical framework of the studies is the so-called “cosmological concordance model”, with its two components: dark energy and dark matter. Then, observing the structuration of the Universe is also a way to test the cosmological model. Structuration of the Universe and observational cosmology are strongly interleaved. The studies are made from multi-wavelenghts observations and multi-scales numerical simulations.

Cosmological concordance model. Credit: Hubble Space Telescope Science Institute

Projets

  • BAO

    BAO

    Most of the content of the Universe, about 70%, is dominated by an energetic component that is neither matter nor radiation: dark energy. This mysterious component, first observed in 1998 with…

  • CTA (Cherenkov Telescope Array)

    CTA (Cherenkov Telescope Array)

    A new generation observatory to explore the high energy Universe. Une nouvelle génération d’observatoire pour explorer l’Univers à haute énergie.

  • Edelweiss

    Edelweiss

    Objectives The goal of Edelweiss is to detect the dark matter of our Galaxy through its interactions in detectors operated in underground laboratory. The EROS experiment, searching for massive…

  • GBAR

    GBAR

    Aims: One of the fundamental questions of today’s physics concerns the action of gravity upon antimatter. No experimental direct measurement has ever been successfully performed with antimatter…

  • HESS

    HESS

    H.E.S.S. Exploring the High Energy gamma ray sky H.E.S.S stands for “High Energy Stereoscopic System”. This telescope system been designed and built by a large international collaboration which…

  • SNLS : SuperNova Legacy Survey

    SNLS : SuperNova Legacy Survey

    SNLS aimed at detecting type Ia supernovae at high redshift for cosmological studies. It belongs to the second generation of experiments in that field, launched after the unexpected discovery of the…