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Searching for dark matter with cosmic gamma rays /
"Searching for Dark Matter with Cosmic Gamma Rays" summarizes the evidence for dark matter and what we can learn about its particle nature using cosmic gamma rays. It has almost been 100 years since Fritz Zwicky first detected hints that most of the matter in the Universe that doesn't...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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San Rafael [California] (40 Oak Drive, San Rafael, CA, 94903, USA) :
Morgan & Claypool Publishers,
[2016]
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| Colección: | IOP (Series). Release 3.
IOP concise physics. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Searching for Dark Matter with Cosmic Gamma Rays" summarizes the evidence for dark matter and what we can learn about its particle nature using cosmic gamma rays. It has almost been 100 years since Fritz Zwicky first detected hints that most of the matter in the Universe that doesn't directly emit or reflect light. Since then, the observational evidence for dark matter has continued to grow. Dark matter may be a new kind of particle that is governed by physics beyond our Standard Model of particle physics. In many models, dark matter annihilation or decay produces gamma rays. There are a variety of instruments observing the gamma-ray sky from tens of MeV to hundreds of TeV. Some make deep, focused observations of small regions, while others provide coverage of the entire sky. Each experiment offers complementary sensitivity to dark matter searches in a variety of target sizes, locations, and dark matter mass scales. We review results from recent gamma-ray experiments including anomalies some have attributed to dark matter. We also discuss how our gamma-ray observations complement other dark matter searches and the prospects for future experiments. |
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| Notas: | "Version: 20160801"--Title page verso. "A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (various pagings) : illustrations (chiefly color). Also available in print. |
| Público: | Advanced students and researchers in cosmology, astrophysics, general physics. |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781681742694 9781681742717 |
| ISSN: | 2053-2571 |