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Author(s): Robert H. Sanders
ISBN(s): 9780521113014, 0521113016
Edition: draft
File Details: PDF, 4.36 MB
Year: 2009
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 0521113016

ISBN 13: 9780521113014

Author: Robert H. Sanders

Most astronomers and physicists now believe that the matter content of the Universe is dominated by dark matter: hypothetical particles which interact with normal matter primarily through the force of gravity. Though invisible to current direct detection methods, dark matter can explain a variety of astronomical observations. This book describes how this theory has developed over the past 75 years, and why it is now a central feature of extragalactic astronomy and cosmology. Current attempts to directly detect dark matter locally are discussed, together with the implications for particle physics. The author comments on the sociology of these developments, demonstrating how and why scientists work and interact. Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND), the leading alternative to this theory, is also presented. This fascinating overview will interest cosmologists, astronomers and particle physicists. Mathematics is kept to a minimum, so the book can be understood by non-specialists.

Table of contents:

  1. Introduction

  2. Early History of the Dark Matter Hypothesis

  3. The Stability of Disk Galaxies: The Dark-Halo Solution

  4. Direct Evidence: Extended Rotation Curves of Spiral Galaxies

  5. The Maximum-Disk: Light Traces Mass

  6. Cosmology and the Birth of Astroparticle Physics

  7. Clusters Revisited: Missing Mass Found

  8. CDM Confronts Galaxy Rotation Curves

  9. The New Cosmology: Introducing Dark Energy

  10. An Alternative to Dark Matter: Modified Newtonian Dynamics

  11. Seeing Dark Matter: The Theory and Practice of Detection

  12. Reflections: A Personal Point of View

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