Particle Dark Matter: Observations, Models and SearchesGianfranco Bertone Dark matter is among the most important open problems in modern physics. Aimed at graduate students and researchers, this book describes the theoretical and experimental aspects of the dark matter problem in particle physics, astrophysics and cosmology. Featuring contributions from 48 leading theorists and experimentalists, it presents many aspects, from astrophysical observations to particle physics candidates, and from the prospects for detection at colliders to direct and indirect searches. The book introduces observational evidence for dark matter along with a detailed discussion of the state-of-the-art of numerical simulations and alternative explanations in terms of modified gravity. It then moves on to the candidates arising from theories beyond the Standard Model of particle physics, and to the prospects for detection at accelerators. It concludes by looking at direct and indirect dark matter searches, and the prospects for detecting the particle nature of dark matter with astrophysical experiments. |
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Milky Way satellites J Bullock M Kaplinghat | 38 |
Gravitational lensing and dark matter Y Mellier | 56 |
Dark matter at the centres of galaxies D Merritt | 83 |
Modified gravity as an alternative to dark matter | 99 |
DM production mechanisms G G elmini | 121 |
Direct detection of WIMPs D G Gerdefio | 347 |
Annual modulation signature with large mass highly | 370 |
Cryogenic detectors G Gerbier and J Gascon | 391 |
Liquid noble gases E Aprile and L Baudis | 413 |
Directional detectors N Spooner | 437 |
Axion searches S Asztalos | 467 |
Gammarays L Bergstrom and G Bertone | 491 |
Highenergy neutrinos from WIMP annihilations | 507 |
Supersymmetric dark matter candidates J Ellis | 142 |
NonWIMP candidates J L Feng | 190 |
Axions P Sikivze | 204 |
Sterile neutrinos M Shaposhnikov | 228 |
SUSY searches at the LHC T Plehn and G Polesello | 251 |
E Peskin | 276 |
Extra dimensions at the LHC K Kong K Matchev | 306 |
SUSY tools F Boudjema J Edsjo and P Gondolo | 325 |
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