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An Introduction to Particle Dark Matter

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2019-10-15 v1 Astrophysics of Galaxies High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We review the features of Dark Matter as a particle, presenting some old and new instructive models, and looking for their physical implications in the early universe and in the process of structure formation. We also present a schematic of Dark Matter searches and introduce the most promising candidates to the role of Dark Matter particle.

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@article{arxiv.1910.05610,
  title  = {An Introduction to Particle Dark Matter},
  author = {Stefano Profumo and Leonardo Giani and Oliver F. Piattella},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1910.05610},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

49 pages. This article is based on a mini-course of 5 lectures delivered by S. Profumo at the Third Jos\'e Pl\'inio Baptista School on Cosmology (September 2016). See http://www.cosmo-ufes.org/jpbcosmo3.html

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