Particle physics and cosmology : dark matter /
At least eighty percent of the mass of the universe consists of some material which, unlike ordinary matter, neither emits nor absorbs light. This book collects key papers related to the discovery of this astonishing fact and its profound implications for astrophysics, cosmology, and the physics of...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; New York : New York, NY, USA :
North-Holland ; Sole distributors for the USA and Canada, Elsevier Science Pub.,
1990.
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| Series: | Current physics--sources and comments ;
6. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | At least eighty percent of the mass of the universe consists of some material which, unlike ordinary matter, neither emits nor absorbs light. This book collects key papers related to the discovery of this astonishing fact and its profound implications for astrophysics, cosmology, and the physics of elementary particles. The book focuses on the likely possibility that the dark matter is composed of an as yet undiscovered elementary particle, and examines the boundaries of our present knowledge of the properties such a particle must possess. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 369 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 0444885951 9780444885951 9780444596093 0444596097 |