View source for Observational Basis for Dark Matter

==Presentation Files==
[http://zeus.phys.uconn.edu/wiki/images/Alex_Popescu_Dark_Matter.pptx Download Version 1.0]

==Background Information on Dark Matter==
===Useful Links===
[http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/astro-ph/pdf/0504/0504422v1.pdf Dark Matter Halo]


===Questions for Internet Research===
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|1. How can we be sure dark matter exists?
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#[http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/know_l1/dark_matter.html Gas Observations] '''Reliable'''
#[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_rotation_curve Galaxy Rotation Curves] ''Starting point '''not reliable''' ''
#[http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/~ger/ASTRO-110_sp08/Lecture28_DarkMatter.pdf Gravitational Lensing] ''Good pictures, but '''not reliable''' ''
#[http://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/focus-areas/what-is-dark-energy/ Open/Expanding Universe] '''Reliable'''
#[http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/Relativity/GR/dark_matter.html Missing Mass] ''Historical Reference(1993) '''Outdated''' ''
#[http://www.ifm.umich.mx/~raya/papers/AIP-CP1026-195-2008.pdf Dark Matter background] '''Reliable'''
#[http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/astro-ph/pdf/0307/0307212v1.pdf Gravitational Lensing Measurements] ''Good pictures '''Reliable''' ''
#[http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/astro-ph/pdf/0504/0504097v2.pdf Universe structure simulations with Dark Matter appear to work] ''Good Simulation pictures '''Reliable''' ''
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|2. What are the possible candidates for the particles that actually make up dark matter?
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#[http://www.eclipse.net/~cmmiller/DM/ MACHOs, WIMPs] ''Historical Reference(1995) '''Outdated''' ''
#[http://science.howstuffworks.com/dictionary/astronomy-terms/dark-matter1.htm Ordinary Matter] ''Starting point '''not reliable''' ''
#[http://www.sciencemag.org/content/331/6021/1132.full Super-symmetric Particles] ''General information''
#[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightest_Supersymmetric_Particle Neutralinos] ''starting point '''not reliable''' ''
#[http://www.astro.princeton.edu/~dns/MAP/Bahcall/node16.html Axions] ''Very abstract string theory explanation '''Reliable''' ''
#[http://www.ifm.umich.mx/~raya/papers/AIP-CP1026-195-2008.pdf Experiment discussion] '''Reliable'''

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|3. What are the properties of WIMPs, and how can they be detected?
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#[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutralino The Neutralino] ''Starting Point '''not reliable''' ''
#[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weakly_interacting_massive_particles WIMP Detection] ''Starting Point '''not reliable''' ''
#[http://cdms.berkeley.edu/Education/DMpages/science/directDetection.shtml Direct Detection] ''General Information '''not reliable''' ''
#[http://www.astro.princeton.edu/~dns/MAP/Bahcall/node14.html Solar WIMP Detection] '''Reliable'''
#[http://web.mit.edu/~redingtn/www/netadv/specr/6/node7.html Antarctic Neutrino Detection] '''Reliable'''
#[http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/astro-ph/pdf/0211/0211500v1.pdf Direct Detection Techniques] ''Specific detector information '''Reliable''' ''
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|4. What ongoing research is being done to detect and experiment with dark matter?
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#[http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/25429 Axion research] ''News Article '''Not reliable''' ''
#[http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/14/science/space/14dark.html liquid Xenon research] ''News Article '''Not reliable''' ''
#[http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/ir-main&CISOPTR=34624 Science Papers] '''Reliable'''
#[http://www.phy.ncu.edu.tw/hep/inc/NCU04AST.pdf Indirect Neutrino Detection] ''Good pictures '''not reliable''' ''
#[http://mckinseygroup.physics.yale.edu/Publications/MiniCLEAN_McKinsey.pdf MiniCLEAN Experiment] ''Good pictures '''Not Reliable''' ''
#[http://www.ifm.umich.mx/~raya/papers/AIP-CP1026-195-2008.pdf Ongoing Research] '''Reliable'''
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|5. Where do we think all the super-symmetric particles are?
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#[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supersymmetry Super-symmetric Particles] ''Good background information and Links, '''not reliable''' ''
#[http://www.weizmann.ac.il/particle/nir/uploads/file/chapter8.pdf Different SS Particles] '''Not reliable'''
#[http://www.phys.uu.nl/~prokopec/RobertKnegjens_dm2.pdf Explanation of SS Particles] '''Reliable'''
#[http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/1106/1106.2529v1.pdf Actual Evidence] '''Reliable'''
#[http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/1102/1102.4585v1.pdf Possibility of Super-symmetric particles at LHC] '''Reliable'''
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==Presentation Outline==
Me: Neutralinos, WIMPs, super-symmetry,
Detection (experiments)

Hoon: Large-scale structure, re-ionization,
cosmic microwave background

==Presentation==
* [[media:popescu-7-2011.pptx|The Other Side of the Universe: Dark Matter]] - powerpoint presentation