Difference between revisions of "Observational Basis for Dark Matter"
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|1. How can we be sure dark matter exists? | |1. How can we be sure dark matter exists? | ||
| − | |[http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/know_l1/dark_matter.html Gas Observations] | + | | |
| − | + | #[http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/know_l1/dark_matter.html Gas Observations] | |
| − | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_rotation_curve Galaxy Rotation Curves] | + | #[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_rotation_curve Galaxy Rotation Curves] |
| − | + | #[http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/~ger/ASTRO-110_sp08/Lecture28_DarkMatter.pdf Gravitational Lensing] | |
| − | [http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/~ger/ASTRO-110_sp08/Lecture28_DarkMatter.pdf Gravitational Lensing] | + | #[http://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/focus-areas/what-is-dark-energy/ Open/Expanding Universe] |
| − | + | #[http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/Relativity/GR/dark_matter.html Missing Mass] | |
| − | [http://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/focus-areas/what-is-dark-energy/ Open/Expanding Universe] | ||
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| − | [http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/Relativity/GR/dark_matter.html Missing Mass] | ||
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|2. What are the possible candidates for the particles that actually make up dark matter? | |2. What are the possible candidates for the particles that actually make up dark matter? | ||
| − | |[http://www.eclipse.net/~cmmiller/DM/ MACHOs, WIMPs] | + | | |
| − | + | #[http://www.eclipse.net/~cmmiller/DM/ MACHOs, WIMPs] | |
| − | [http://science.howstuffworks.com/dictionary/astronomy-terms/dark-matter1.htm Ordinary Matter] | + | #[http://science.howstuffworks.com/dictionary/astronomy-terms/dark-matter1.htm Ordinary Matter] |
| − | + | #[http://www.sciencemag.org/content/331/6021/1132.full Super-symmetric Particles] | |
| − | [http://www.sciencemag.org/content/331/6021/1132.full Super-symmetric Particles] | + | #[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightest_Supersymmetric_Particle Neutralinos] |
| − | + | #[http://www.astro.princeton.edu/~dns/MAP/Bahcall/node16.html Axions] | |
| − | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightest_Supersymmetric_Particle Neutralinos] | ||
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| − | |3. What are the properties of WIMPs? | + | |3. What are the properties of WIMPs, and how can they be detected? |
| − | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutralino The Neutralino] | + | | |
| − | + | #[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutralino The Neutralino] | |
| + | #[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weakly_interacting_massive_particles WIMP Detection] | ||
| + | #[http://cdms.berkeley.edu/Education/DMpages/science/directDetection.shtml Direct Detection] | ||
| + | #[http://www.astro.princeton.edu/~dns/MAP/Bahcall/node14.html Solar WIMP Detection] | ||
| + | #[http://web.mit.edu/~redingtn/www/netadv/specr/6/node7.html Antarctic Neutrino Detection] | ||
| + | #[http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/astro-ph/pdf/0211/0211500v1.pdf Direct Detection Techniques] | ||
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| − | |4. What | + | |4. What ongoing research is being done to detect and experiment with dark matter? |
| − | |[http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/25429 Axion research] | + | | |
| − | [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/14/science/space/14dark.html liquid Xenon research] | + | #[http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/25429 Axion research] |
| − | + | #[http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/14/science/space/14dark.html liquid Xenon research] | |
| + | #[http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/ir-main&CISOPTR=34624 Science Papers] | ||
| + | #[http://www.phy.ncu.edu.tw/hep/inc/NCU04AST.pdf Indirect Neutrino Detection] | ||
| + | #[http://mckinseygroup.physics.yale.edu/Publications/MiniCLEAN_McKinsey.pdf MiniCLEAN Experiment] | ||
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| − | |5. Where | + | |5. Where do we think all the super-symmetric particles are? |
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| − | + | #[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supersymmetry Super-symmetric Particles] | |
| + | #[http://www.weizmann.ac.il/particle/nir/uploads/file/chapter8.pdf Different SS Particles] | ||
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Revision as of 20:02, 21 July 2011
Background Information on Dark Matter
Questions for the Web
| Questions | Sources with Possible Answers |
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| 1. How can we be sure dark matter exists? |
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| 2. What are the possible candidates for the particles that actually make up dark matter? |
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| 3. What are the properties of WIMPs, and how can they be detected? |
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| 4. What ongoing research is being done to detect and experiment with dark matter? |
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| 5. Where do we think all the super-symmetric particles are? |