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Research papers on The search for dark matter

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1. Ultralight scalars as cosmological dark matter

   Lam Hui, Jeremiah P. Ostriker, Scott D. Tremaine, et al. · 2017 · Physical review. D/Physical review. D. · 1,706 citations

   Many aspects of the large-scale structure of the Universe can be described successfully using cosmological models in which $27\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}1%$ of the critical mass-energy density consists of cold dark matter (CDM). However, few---if any---of the predictions of CDM models have been successful on scales of $\ensuremath{\sim}10\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{kpc}$ or less. This lack of success is usually explained by the difficulty of modeling baryonic physics (star formation, supernova and black-hole feedback, etc.). An intriguing alternative to CDM is that the dark matter is an extremely light ($m\ensuremath{\sim}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}22}\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{eV}$) boson having a de Br

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2. Non-baryonic dark matter: observational evidence and detection methods

   Lars Bergström · 2000 · Reports on Progress in Physics · 903 citations

   The evidence for the existence of dark matter in the universe is reviewed. A general picture emerges, where both baryonic and non-baryonic dark matter is needed to explain current observations. In particular, a wealth of observational information points to the existence of a non-baryonic component, contributing between around 20 and 40% of the critical mass density needed to make the universe geometrically flat on large scales. In addition, an even larger contribution from vacuum energy (or cosmological constant) is indicated by recent observations. To the theoretically favoured particle candidates for non-baryonic dark matter belong axions, supersymmetric particles, and of less importance,

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3. DIRECT DETECTION OF DARK MATTER

   Richard J. Gaitskell · 2004 · Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science · 335 citations

   ▪ Abstract This article reviews the astrophysics and cosmological evidence for nonbaryonic dark matter (DM). It covers historical, current, and future experiments that look for direct evidence of particle DM. In addition, it surveys the underlying particle theories that provide some guidance about expected event rates, and the future prospects for the discovery of DM. A number of recent theoretical papers, making calculations in SUSY-based frameworks, show a spread of many (>5) orders of magnitude in the possible interaction rates for models consistent with existing cosmological and accelerator bounds. Within this decade, it seems likely that DM searches will be successful, or at the very le

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4. Dark Matter: A Primer

   Katherine Garrett, Gintaras Dūda · 2010 · Advances in Astronomy · 207 citations

   Dark matter is one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in cosmology at the present time. About 80% of the Universe's gravitating matter is nonluminous, 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 paper targets advanced students and researchers new to the field of dark matter, and includes an extensive list of references for further study.

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5. Evidence for dark matter interactions in cosmological precision data?

   Julien Lesgourgues A, Gustavo Marques-Tavares, Martin Schmaltz · 2016 · Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics · 174 citations

   We study a two-parameter extension of the cosmological standard model ΛCDM in which cold dark matter interacts with a new form of dark radiation. The two parameters correspond to the energy density in the dark radiation fluid Δ N fluid and the interaction strength between dark matter and dark radiation. The interactions give rise to a very weak ``dark matter drag'' which damps the growth of matter density perturbations throughout radiation domination, allowing to reconcile the tension between predictions of large scale structure from the CMB and direct measurements of σ 8 . We perform a precision fit to Planck CMB data, BAO, large scale structure, and direct measurements of the expansion rat

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6. NONBARYONIC DARK MATTER IN COSMOLOGY

   ANTONINO DEL POPOLO · 2014 · International Journal of Modern Physics D · 107 citations

   This paper is a broadband review of the current status of nonbaryonic dark matter (DM) research, starting from a historical overview of the evidences of existence of DM, then discussing how DM is distributed from small scale to large scale, continuing with a discussion on DM nature, DM candidates and their detection. I finally discuss some of the limits of the ΛCDM model, with particular emphasis on the small scale problems of the paradigm.

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7. Cosmology of axion dark matter

   Ciaran A. J. O’Hare · 2024 · 106 citations

   I present an introduction and topical review on axions as a dark matter candidate. Emphasis is placed on issues surrounding the cosmology of axion dark matter that are relevant for present-day searches, including: early-Universe production mechanisms, predictions of the axion mass, bounds on axion properties derived from cosmological data, as well as the direct and indirect detection of relic axion populations.

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8. Dark matter-neutrino interactions through the lens of their cosmological implications

   A. Olivares Del Campo, Céline Bœhm, Sergio Palomares-Ruiz, et al. · 2018 · Physical review. D/Physical review. D. · 105 citations

   Dark matter and neutrinos provide the two most compelling pieces of evidence for new physics beyond the Standard Model of particle physics, but they are often treated as two different sectors. The aim of this paper is to determine whether there are viable particle physics frameworks in which dark matter can be coupled to active neutrinos. We use a simplified model approach to determine all possible scenarios where there is such a coupling and study their astrophysical and cosmological signatures. We find that dark matter--neutrino interactions have an impact on structure formation and lead to indirect detection signatures when the coupling between dark matter and neutrinos is sufficiently la

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9. Dark matter in astrophysics/cosmology

   Anne M. Green · 2022 · SciPost Physics Lecture Notes · 28 citations

   These lecture notes aim to provide an introduction to dark matter from the perspective of astrophysics/cosmology. We start with a rapid overview of cosmology, including the evolution of the Universe, its thermal history and structure formation. Then we look at the observational evidence for dark matter, from observations of galaxies, galaxy clusters, the anisotropies in the cosmic microwave background radiation and large scale structure. To detect dark matter we need to know how it's distributed, in particular in the Milky Way, so next we overview relevant results from numerical simulations and observations. Finally, we conclude by looking at what astrophysical and cosmological observations

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10. Cosmology and the dark matter frontier

    Lars Bergström · 2013 · Physica Scripta · 7 citations

    A brief overview is given about some issues in current astroparticle physics, focusing on the dark matter (DM) problem, where the connection to LHC physics is particularly strong. New data from the Planck satellite has made the evidence in favour of the existence of DM even stronger. The favourite, though not the only, candidates for cosmological DM, weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs), are being probed by a variety of experiments - direct detection through scattering in terrestrial detectors, indirect detection by observing products of annihilation of DM in the Galaxy, and finally searches at accelerators such as the LHC. The field is in the interesting situation that all of these

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11. Cosmology and Dark Matter

    Igor I. Tkachev · 2017 · CERN Yellow Reports: School Proceedings · 2 citations

    This lecture course covers cosmology from the particle physicist perspective. Therefore, the emphasis will be on the evidence for the new physics in cosmological and astrophysical data together with minimal theoretical frameworks needed to understand and appreciate the evidence. I review the case for non-baryonic dark matter and describe popular models which incorporate it. In parallel, the story of dark energy will be developed, which includes accelerated expansion of the Universe today, the Universe origin in the Big Bang, and support for the Inflationary theory in CMBR data.

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