An Introduction to Particle Dark Matter

Download or read book An Introduction to Particle Dark Matter written by Stefano Profumo and published by Wspc (Europe). This book was released on 2017 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Particle dark matter: the name of the game -- The thermal relic paradigm: zeroth-order lessons from cosmology -- The thermal relic paradigm: a closer look -- The art of WIMP direct detection -- Indirect dark matter searches -- Searching for dark matter with particle colliders -- Axions and axion-like particles as dark matter -- Sterile neutrinos as dark matter particles -- Bestiarium: a short, biased compendium of notable dark matter particle candidates and models