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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] | + | #[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] | + | #[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] | + | #[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] | + | #[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Missing Mass] | + | #[http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/Relativity/GR/dark_matter.html Missing Mass] ''Historical Reference(1993) '''Outdated''' '' |
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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− | #[http://www.eclipse.net/~cmmiller/DM/ MACHOs, WIMPs] | + | #[http://www.eclipse.net/~cmmiller/DM/ MACHOs, WIMPs] ''Historical Reference(1995) '''Outdated''' '' |
| − | #[http://science.howstuffworks.com/dictionary/astronomy-terms/dark-matter1.htm Ordinary Matter] | + | #[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] | + | #[http://www.sciencemag.org/content/331/6021/1132.full Super-symmetric Particles] ''General information'' |
| − | #[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightest_Supersymmetric_Particle Neutralinos] | + | #[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightest_Supersymmetric_Particle Neutralinos] ''starting point '''not reliable''' '' |
| − | #[http://www.astro.princeton.edu/~dns/MAP/Bahcall/node16.html Axions] | + | #[http://www.astro.princeton.edu/~dns/MAP/Bahcall/node16.html Axions] ''Very abstract string theory explanation ''not reliable'' ''' |
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Revision as of 20:03, 22 July 2011
Background Information on Dark Matter
Questions for Internet Research
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| 1. How can we be sure dark matter exists? |
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| 2. What are the possible candidates for the particles that actually make up dark matter? |
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| 3. What are the properties of WIMPs, and how can they be detected? |
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| 4. What ongoing research is being done to detect and experiment with dark matter? |
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| 5. Where do we think all the super-symmetric particles are? |