What Is Dark Matter? / / Peter Fisher.
What we know about dark matter and what we have yet to discoverAstronomical observations have confirmed dark matter’s existence, but what exactly is dark matter? In What Is Dark Matter?, particle physicist Peter Fisher introduces readers to one of the most intriguing frontiers of physics. We cannot...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English |
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Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2022] ©2022 |
Year of Publication: | 2022 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Princeton Frontiers in Physics ;
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (192 p.) :; 41 b/w illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION: THE DARK MATTER PROBLEM
- 1 SOME BACKGROUND
- 2 EVIDENCE FOR DARK MATTER FROM ASTRONOMY
- 3 NORMAL MATTER: THE STANDARD MODEL
- 4 WHAT DARK MATTER IS NOT
- 5 SEARCHING FOR WIMPS ON EARTH
- 6 SEARCHING FOR DARK MATTER IN SPACE
- 7 SEARCHING FOR AXIONS
- 8 EPILOGUE
- GLOSSARY
- SUGGESTED READINGS
- INDEX