107 research outputs found
Astrophysical and cosmological probes of dark matter
Dark matter has been introduced to explain mass deficits noted at different
astronomical scales, in galaxies, groups of galaxies, clusters, superclusters
and even across the full horizon. Dark matter makes itself felt only through
its gravitational effects. This review summarizes phenomenologically all the
astrophysical and cosmological probes that have been used to give evidence for
its existence.Comment: 40 pages, 24 figures. Published in J. of Modern Physics 3, 1152,
2012. Minor corrections and additions in Versions 2 and 3. arXiv admin note:
text overlap with arXiv:0809.2783, arXiv:1103.2772, arXiv:1204.3377,
arXiv:1111.4983, arXiv:0809.0898, arXiv:1004.1559, arXiv:0705.3323 by other
author
- …