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|1. How can we be sure dark matter exists?
 
|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]
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#[http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/know_l1/dark_matter.html Gas Observations]
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_rotation_curve Galaxy Rotation Curves]
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#[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_rotation_curve Galaxy Rotation Curves]
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#[http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/~ger/ASTRO-110_sp08/Lecture28_DarkMatter.pdf Gravitational Lensing]
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[http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/~ger/ASTRO-110_sp08/Lecture28_DarkMatter.pdf Gravitational Lensing]
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#[http://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/focus-areas/what-is-dark-energy/ Open/Expanding Universe]
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#[http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/Relativity/GR/dark_matter.html Missing Mass]
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[http://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/focus-areas/what-is-dark-energy/ Open/Expanding Universe]
 
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[http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/Relativity/GR/dark_matter.html Missing Mass]
 
 
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|2. What are the possible candidates for the particles that actually make up dark matter?
 
|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]
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#[http://www.eclipse.net/~cmmiller/DM/ MACHOs, WIMPs]
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[http://science.howstuffworks.com/dictionary/astronomy-terms/dark-matter1.htm Ordinary Matter]
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#[http://science.howstuffworks.com/dictionary/astronomy-terms/dark-matter1.htm Ordinary Matter]
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#[http://www.sciencemag.org/content/331/6021/1132.full Super-symmetric Particles]
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[http://www.sciencemag.org/content/331/6021/1132.full Super-symmetric Particles]
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#[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightest_Supersymmetric_Particle Neutralinos]
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#[http://www.astro.princeton.edu/~dns/MAP/Bahcall/node16.html Axions]
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightest_Supersymmetric_Particle Neutralinos]
 
  
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|3. What are the properties of WIMPs?
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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]
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#[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weakly_interacting_massive_particles WIMP Detection]
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#[http://cdms.berkeley.edu/Education/DMpages/science/directDetection.shtml Direct Detection]
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#[http://www.astro.princeton.edu/~dns/MAP/Bahcall/node14.html Solar WIMP Detection]
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#[http://web.mit.edu/~redingtn/www/netadv/specr/6/node7.html Antarctic Neutrino Detection]
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#[http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/astro-ph/pdf/0211/0211500v1.pdf Direct Detection Techniques]
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|4. What onging research is being done to detect and experiment with dark matter?
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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]
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[http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/14/science/space/14dark.html liquid Xenon research]
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#[http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/25429 Axion research]
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#[http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/14/science/space/14dark.html liquid Xenon research]
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#[http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/ir-main&CISOPTR=34624 Science Papers]
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#[http://www.phy.ncu.edu.tw/hep/inc/NCU04AST.pdf Indirect Neutrino Detection]
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#[http://mckinseygroup.physics.yale.edu/Publications/MiniCLEAN_McKinsey.pdf MiniCLEAN Experiment]
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|5. Where are all the super-symmetric particles?
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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]
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#[http://www.weizmann.ac.il/particle/nir/uploads/file/chapter8.pdf Different SS Particles]
 
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Revision as of 20:02, 21 July 2011

Background Information on Dark Matter

Questions for the Web

Questions Sources with Possible Answers
1. How can we be sure dark matter exists?
  1. Gas Observations
  2. Galaxy Rotation Curves
  3. Gravitational Lensing
  4. Open/Expanding Universe
  5. Missing Mass
2. What are the possible candidates for the particles that actually make up dark matter?
  1. MACHOs, WIMPs
  2. Ordinary Matter
  3. Super-symmetric Particles
  4. Neutralinos
  5. Axions
3. What are the properties of WIMPs, and how can they be detected?
  1. The Neutralino
  2. WIMP Detection
  3. Direct Detection
  4. Solar WIMP Detection
  5. Antarctic Neutrino Detection
  6. Direct Detection Techniques
4. What ongoing research is being done to detect and experiment with dark matter?
  1. Axion research
  2. liquid Xenon research
  3. Science Papers
  4. Indirect Neutrino Detection
  5. MiniCLEAN Experiment
5. Where do we think all the super-symmetric particles are?
  1. Super-symmetric Particles
  2. Different SS Particles
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