2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/3131A brief review is offered of the theoretical background concerning dark energy: what is required by observations, what sort of models are being considered, and how they fit into particle physics and gravitation. Contribution to the SNAP (SuperNova Acceleration Probe) Yellow Book.17 pagesAstrophysicsGeneral Relativity and Quantum CosmologyHigh Energy Physics - PhenomenologyHigh Energy Physics - TheoryDark Energy and the Preposterous Universetext