2011
DOI: 10.1155/2011/968283
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Dark Matter: A Primer

Abstract: Dark matter is one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in cosmology at the present time. About 80% of the universe's gravitating matter is non-luminous, and its nature and distribution are for the most part unknown. In this paper, we will outline the history, astrophysical evidence, candidates, and detection methods of dark matter, with the goal to give the reader an accessible but rigorous introduction to the puzzle of dark matter. This review targets advanced students and researchers new to the field of dark … Show more

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“…Thereafter, within the above section we will show the results of scanning over a wide region of µ − A t plane for a moderate as well as for a large value of tan β. We also discuss the compatibility of our analysis with relevant low energy constraints like those from B-physics and cosmological constraints from neutralino dark matter [48][49][50][51]. We will further discuss the issue of muon g − 2 in the context of long-lived vacuum scenario, presenting also a few benchmark points.…”
Section: Jhep11(2014)161mentioning
confidence: 88%
“…Thereafter, within the above section we will show the results of scanning over a wide region of µ − A t plane for a moderate as well as for a large value of tan β. We also discuss the compatibility of our analysis with relevant low energy constraints like those from B-physics and cosmological constraints from neutralino dark matter [48][49][50][51]. We will further discuss the issue of muon g − 2 in the context of long-lived vacuum scenario, presenting also a few benchmark points.…”
Section: Jhep11(2014)161mentioning
confidence: 88%
“…[31][32][33][34][35] The fabric of space, consisting of Dark Matter Molecules, in gaseous, liquid, sold and perhaps even dark plasma states, [2] is sufficient to explain both Dark Energy and Dark Matter related astronomy, astrophysics and cosmology related observations, but is not mutually exclusive either. [36][37][38][39][40][41][42] Although the following section only describes the two most common forms of Dark Matter atoms, it doesn't preclude others, including the pion, SIMP, WIMP, axion, MACHO, Kaluza-Klein, gravitino, and any other supersymmetric particles. [43] Some estimates go as high as 73% of the universe consists of Dark Energy.…”
Section: Dark Energy and Gravitymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, a number of different categories of astronomical observations are explained in the usual Euclidean 3-space only in terms of so far undetermined dark matter and dark energy: rotational curves of galaxies [14][15][16][17], gravitational lensing [18][19][20], application of the virial theorem to galaxy clusters [21][22][23] and the acceleration of the expansion of the universe [24][25][26][27][28][29]. This already happens before the transition from the ordinary space-time to the cosmological one, the FLWR space-time which is not a Galilean space-time but has nearly internally flat 3-spaces and uses a theoretical cosmic time.…”
Section: Astrophysical Metrologymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The fixation of the York time determines the sequence of instantaneous non-Euclidean 3-spaces Σ τ of the 3þ1 splitting of space-time centered on an observer either on the Earth or on the Space Station 19 : all the clocks on each 3-space are synchronized with the atomic clock (τ is its proper time) of the observer at the intersection of the 3-space with the observer world line. This time metrology convention implies also the determination of the lapse function, which describes how the unit of time of the atomic clock changes when one goes from a 3-space to an infinitesimally near successive one.…”
Section: The Dirac Hamiltonian Ismentioning
confidence: 99%