Ultralight Dark Matter: Undergraduate Physics in Modern Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2026-03-17 v1 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Physics Education
Abstract
Ultralight dark matter is a hypothetical class of particle with a number of interesting theoretical and experimental properties, many of which are best understood by direct analogy with or application of undergraduate physics. We present a series of exercises and discussions which may inspire the reader to bring contemporary research on ultralight dark matter into the undergraduate classroom.
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@article{arxiv.2603.13451,
title = {Ultralight Dark Matter: Undergraduate Physics in Modern Cosmology},
author = {Timothy D. Wiser},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.13451},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
4 pages, 1 figure, plus solutions and references. Submitted to Am. J. Phys. for a special issue on motivating physics learning through research applications