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History of Dark Matter

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Bertone, Gianfranco, Hooper, Dan·2018·Reviews of Modern Physics
DOI 10.1103/revmodphys.90.045002
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The standard model of modern cosmology is unthinkable without dark matter, although direct detections are still missing. A broad perspective of how dark matter was postulated and became accepted is presented, from prehistory, over observations of galaxy clusters, galaxy rotation curves, the search for baryonic dark matter, possible alternative explanations via modified gravity, up to the hunt for dark matter particles. The interplay is described between observational discoveries and theoretical arguments which led finally to the adoption of this paradigm.

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  • For wimp ≃ 0 outside the bounce window, the imprint field's background and linear perturbation behavior is indistinguishable from cold dark matter (CDM).

    “For wimp≃0 outside the bounce window, its background and linear perturbation behavior is indistinguishable from cold dark matter (CDM) [58].”

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    The WIMP paradigm and Cosmology sections discuss cold dark matter and the growth of its density fluctuations, but do not address an imprint field. Searches for a bounce window, wimp ≃ 0, and matching background and linear perturbation behavior found no passage supporting the attributed comparison. (LLM, conf=0.76)

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Authors
Bertone, G., & Hooper, D.
Affiliations
University of Amsterdam (NL)
ORCID
Venue
Reviews of Modern Physics
Publisher
American Physical Society (APS)
Published
2018-10-15
Volume
90
Issue
4
ISSN
  • 0034-6861 (ISSN-L)
  • 1539-0756
DOI
10.1103/revmodphys.90.045002
OpenAlex
W2403089519
Cited by
1,241
References
326
Citations by year
2026: 151 · 2025: 202 · 2024: 202 · 2023: 155 · 2022: 146 · 2021: 155 · 2020: 94 · 2019: 96 · 2018: 21 · 2017: 18 · 2016: 1
FWCI
48.48
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Reviews of Modern Physics (publishedVersion)
  • UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • arXiv (Cornell University) (submittedVersion)
  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) (submittedVersion)
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
  • H2020 European Research Council (WIMPs Kairos)
  • U.S. Department of Energy
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Nuclear and High Energy Physics › Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
Keywords
dark matter, galaxy rotation curves, galaxy clusters, baryonic dark matter, modified gravity

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