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CMB spectra and the SNIa luminosity-redshift curves point to
the existence of Dark Energy (DE). However, these particular
observables have difficulty distinguishing between models with
the same average value of the DE equation of state.
The Integrated Sachs-Wolfe (ISW) effect is a qualitatively different
and, in some respects, a more sensitive probe of DE properties.
I will discuss how the cross-correlation of the CMB temperature
anisotropy with large scale structure, which is a measure of the ISW
effect, can be used to break degeneracies between DE models.
29 October 2004, ISCAP Seminar Room Pupin 908, 2:00 pm
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