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  1. Ultralight scalars as cosmological dark matter

    Lam Hui, Jeremiah P. Ostriker, Scott D. Tremaine, et al. · 2017 · Physical review. D/Physical review. D. · 1,704 citations

    Many aspects of the large-scale structure of the Universe can be described successfully using cosmological models in which $27\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}1%$ of the critical mass-energy density consists of cold dark matter (CDM). However, few---if any---of the predictions of CDM models have been successful on scales of $\ensuremath{\sim}10\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{kpc}$ or less. This lack of success is usually explained by the difficulty of modeling baryonic physics (star formation, supernova and black-hole feedback, etc.). An intriguing alternative to CDM is that the dark matter is an extremely light ($m\ensuremath{\sim}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}22}\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{eV}$) boson having a de Br

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  2. Non-baryonic dark matter: observational evidence and detection methods

    Lars Bergström · 2000 · Reports on Progress in Physics · 903 citations

    The evidence for the existence of dark matter in the universe is reviewed. A general picture emerges, where both baryonic and non-baryonic dark matter is needed to explain current observations. In particular, a wealth of observational information points to the existence of a non-baryonic component, contributing between around 20 and 40% of the critical mass density needed to make the universe geometrically flat on large scales. In addition, an even larger contribution from vacuum energy (or cosmological constant) is indicated by recent observations. To the theoretically favoured particle candidates for non-baryonic dark matter belong axions, supersymmetric particles, and of less importance,

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  3. DIRECT DETECTION OF DARK MATTER

    Richard J. Gaitskell · 2004 · Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science · 335 citations

    ▪ Abstract This article reviews the astrophysics and cosmological evidence for nonbaryonic dark matter (DM). It covers historical, current, and future experiments that look for direct evidence of particle DM. In addition, it surveys the underlying particle theories that provide some guidance about expected event rates, and the future prospects for the discovery of DM. A number of recent theoretical papers, making calculations in SUSY-based frameworks, show a spread of many (>5) orders of magnitude in the possible interaction rates for models consistent with existing cosmological and accelerator bounds. Within this decade, it seems likely that DM searches will be successful, or at the very le

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  4. Dark Matter: A Primer

    Katherine Garrett, Gintaras Dūda · 2010 · Advances in Astronomy · 207 citations

    Dark matter is one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in cosmology at the present time. About 80% of the Universe's gravitating matter is nonluminous, and its nature and distribution are for the most part unknown. In this paper, we will outline the history, astrophysical evidence, candidates, and detection methods of dark matter, with the goal to give the reader an accessible but rigorous introduction to the puzzle of dark matter. This paper targets advanced students and researchers new to the field of dark matter, and includes an extensive list of references for further study.

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  5. Evidence for dark matter interactions in cosmological precision data?

    Julien Lesgourgues A, Gustavo Marques-Tavares, Martin Schmaltz · 2016 · Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics · 174 citations

    We study a two-parameter extension of the cosmological standard model ΛCDM in which cold dark matter interacts with a new form of dark radiation. The two parameters correspond to the energy density in the dark radiation fluid Δ N fluid and the interaction strength between dark matter and dark radiation. The interactions give rise to a very weak ``dark matter drag'' which damps the growth of matter density perturbations throughout radiation domination, allowing to reconcile the tension between predictions of large scale structure from the CMB and direct measurements of σ 8 . We perform a precision fit to Planck CMB data, BAO, large scale structure, and direct measurements of the expansion rat

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  6. NONBARYONIC DARK MATTER IN COSMOLOGY

    ANTONINO DEL POPOLO · 2014 · International Journal of Modern Physics D · 107 citations

    This paper is a broadband review of the current status of nonbaryonic dark matter (DM) research, starting from a historical overview of the evidences of existence of DM, then discussing how DM is distributed from small scale to large scale, continuing with a discussion on DM nature, DM candidates and their detection. I finally discuss some of the limits of the ΛCDM model, with particular emphasis on the small scale problems of the paradigm.

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  7. Cosmology of axion dark matter

    Ciaran A. J. O’Hare · 2024 · 106 citations

    I present an introduction and topical review on axions as a dark matter candidate. Emphasis is placed on issues surrounding the cosmology of axion dark matter that are relevant for present-day searches, including: early-Universe production mechanisms, predictions of the axion mass, bounds on axion properties derived from cosmological data, as well as the direct and indirect detection of relic axion populations.

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  8. Dark matter-neutrino interactions through the lens of their cosmological implications

    A. Olivares Del Campo, Céline Bœhm, Sergio Palomares-Ruiz, et al. · 2018 · Physical review. D/Physical review. D. · 105 citations

    Dark matter and neutrinos provide the two most compelling pieces of evidence for new physics beyond the Standard Model of particle physics, but they are often treated as two different sectors. The aim of this paper is to determine whether there are viable particle physics frameworks in which dark matter can be coupled to active neutrinos. We use a simplified model approach to determine all possible scenarios where there is such a coupling and study their astrophysical and cosmological signatures. We find that dark matter--neutrino interactions have an impact on structure formation and lead to indirect detection signatures when the coupling between dark matter and neutrinos is sufficiently la

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  11. Dark matter in astrophysics/cosmology

    Anne M. Green · 2022 · SciPost Physics Lecture Notes · 28 citations

    These lecture notes aim to provide an introduction to dark matter from the perspective of astrophysics/cosmology. We start with a rapid overview of cosmology, including the evolution of the Universe, its thermal history and structure formation. Then we look at the observational evidence for dark matter, from observations of galaxies, galaxy clusters, the anisotropies in the cosmic microwave background radiation and large scale structure. To detect dark matter we need to know how it's distributed, in particular in the Milky Way, so next we overview relevant results from numerical simulations and observations. Finally, we conclude by looking at what astrophysical and cosmological observations

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  17. When backgrounds become signals: neutrino interactions in xenon-based dark matter detectors

    M. A. Corona, M. Cadeddu, N. Cargioli, et al. · 2025 · Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics · 7 citations

    Direct detection dark matter experiments have proven to be compelling probes for studying low-energy neutrino interactions with both nuclei and atomic electrons, offering complementary information to accelerator and reactor-based neutrino experiments. Recently, the XENONnT and PandaX-4T collaborations reported the first evidence of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering from 8B solar neutrinos. Thanks to their excellent background rejection capabilities and distinctive signal signatures, dual-phase time projection chambers are also sensitive to pp solar neutrinos via their elastic scattering off atomic electrons in the target material. Although this signal is subdominant within the Sta

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  18. Cosmology and the dark matter frontier

    Lars Bergström · 2013 · Physica Scripta · 7 citations

    A brief overview is given about some issues in current astroparticle physics, focusing on the dark matter (DM) problem, where the connection to LHC physics is particularly strong. New data from the Planck satellite has made the evidence in favour of the existence of DM even stronger. The favourite, though not the only, candidates for cosmological DM, weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs), are being probed by a variety of experiments - direct detection through scattering in terrestrial detectors, indirect detection by observing products of annihilation of DM in the Galaxy, and finally searches at accelerators such as the LHC. The field is in the interesting situation that all of these

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  19. 2024 TASI Lectures: A Dark Matter Primer

    Tien-Tien Yu · 2025 · 4 citations

    These notes are based on a sequence of 4 lectures delivered at the 2024 Theoretical Advanced Study Institute (TASI) and at the Universit\`a degli Studi di Padova. They are intended for graduate students at the early stages of their study of dark matter with some prior exposure to cosmology and quantum field theory. The primary aim is to offer an accessible introduction to dark matter and to lay the groundwork for exploring its phenomenology. These lectures are not intended to serve as a comprehensive review. We begin by motivating the study of dark matter through a discussion of the empirical evidence and the constraints it places on dark matter properties. This is followed by an overview of

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  22. Non-Detection of Dark Matter Particles: A Case for Alternate Theories of Gravity

    C. Sivaram, Kenath Arun, A. Prasad, et al. · 2020 · Journal of High Energy Physics, Gravitation and Cosmology · 2 citations

    While there is overwhelming evidence for dark matter (DM) in galaxies and galaxy clusters, all searches for DM particles have so far proved negative. It is not even clear whether only one particle is involved or a combination or particles, their masses not precisely predicted. This non-detectability raises the possible relevance of modified gravity theories – MOND, MONG, etc. Here we consider a specific modification of Newtonian gravity (MONG) which involves gravitational self-energy, leading to modified equations whose solutions imply flat rotation curves and limitations of sizes of clusters. The results are consistent with current observations including that involving large spirals. This m

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  24. Cosmology and Dark Matter

    Igor I. Tkachev · 2017 · CERN Yellow Reports: School Proceedings · 2 citations

    This lecture course covers cosmology from the particle physicist perspective. Therefore, the emphasis will be on the evidence for the new physics in cosmological and astrophysical data together with minimal theoretical frameworks needed to understand and appreciate the evidence. I review the case for non-baryonic dark matter and describe popular models which incorporate it. In parallel, the story of dark energy will be developed, which includes accelerated expansion of the Universe today, the Universe origin in the Big Bang, and support for the Inflationary theory in CMBR data.

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