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Fundamentals of Dark Matter

Ferreras, Ignacio; (2025) Fundamentals of Dark Matter. UCL Press: London, UK. Green open access

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Abstract

Drawing on the experience of the author, this textbook focuses on pedagogy that guides students through the facts regarding dark matter, but also encourages questions and critical examination of what is known, through thought-provoking exercises under the heading “How about…?” in each chapter. Each chapter includes learning outcomes, discussion questions and classroom exercises. The book guides students through the first challenges in galactic astrophysics that led to the hypothesis of dark matter; the subsequent detailed studies of large-scale structure and cosmic microwave background that unequivocally identifies this component as a fundamental one; and the latest developments in our understanding of galaxy formation. The material can be used as the main textbook for a dedicated module on dark matter. It can also be adopted to support a general course on extragalactic astrophysics and cosmology.

Type:	Book
Title:	Fundamentals of Dark Matter
ISBN-13:	9781800084704
Open access status:	An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI:	10.14324/111.9781800084704
Publisher version:	https://doi.org/10.14324/111.9781800084704
Language:	English
Additional information:	© Author, 2025 The author has asserted his rights under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 to be identified as the author of this work. Any third-party material in this book is not covered by the book’s Creative Commons licence. Details of the copyright ownership and permitted use of third-party material is given in the image (or extract) credit lines. Every effort has been made to identify and contact copyright holders and any omission or error will be corrected if notification is made to the publisher. If you would like to reuse any third-party material not covered by the book’s Creative Commons licence, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright owner. This book is published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC 4.0), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/. This licence allows you to share and adapt the work for non-commercial use providing attribution is made to the author and publisher (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work) and any changes are indicated. Attribution should include the following information: Ferreras, I. 2025. Fundamentals of Dark Matter. London: UCL Press. https://doi.org/10.14324/111.9781800084704
Keywords:	dark matter, astrophysics, astronomy, star formation
UCL classification:	UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Physics and Astronomy
URI:	https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10206263