Particle Dark Matter
Subtitle: Observations, Models and Searches
Contributors: G. Bertone, J. Silk; B. Moore, J. Diemand; J. Bullock, M. Kaplinghat, L. Strigari; Y. Mellier; D. Merritt; J. Bekenstein et al.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 2010
Number of pages: 762
ISBN-13: 9780521763684
Description: 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.

• Describes the theoretical and experimental aspects of the dark matter problem • Presents observations, theory and experiments to give a complete and consistent understanding of dark matter • Features contributions from leading experts in the field
Table of contents: label: 1
title: Particle dark matter (G. Bertone)
pagenum: 3; label: 2
title: Simulations of cold dark matter haloes (B. Moore)
pagenum: 14; label: 3
title: Milky Way satellites (J. Bullock)
pagenum: 38; label: 4
title: Gravitational lensing and dark matter (Y. Mellier)
pagenum: 56; label: 5
title: Dark matter at the centers of galaxies (D. Merritt)
pagenum: 83; label: 6
title: Modified gravity as an alternative to dark matter (J. Bekenstein)
pagenum: 99; label: 7
pagenum: 121; label: 8
pagenum: 142; label: 9
pagenum: 164; label: 10
pagenum: 190