The Dark Matter Problem

Robert H. Sanders

The Dark Matter Problem

Robert H. Sanders

Kapteyn Astronomical Institute

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Abstract

1. Introduction; 2. Early history of the dark matter hypothesis; 3. The stability of disk galaxies: the dark halo solutions; 4. Direct evidence: extended rotation curves of spiral galaxies; 5. The maximum disk: light traces mass; 6. Cosmology and the birth of astroparticle physics; 7. Clusters revisited: missing mass found; 8. CDM confronts galaxy rotation curves; 9. The new cosmology: dark matter is not enough; 10. An alternative to dark matter: Modified Newtonian Dynamics; 11. Seeing dark matter: the theory and practice of detection; 12. Reflections: a personal point of view; Appendix; References; Index.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Cambridge
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Number of pages	214
ISBN (Print)	978-1107677180
Publication status	Published - Feb-2014

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