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If standard gravitational theory is correct, then most of the matter in the universe is in an unidentified form which does not emit enough light to have been detected by current instrumentation. This review volume is the extended editon of the lectures given in the 4th Jerusalem Winter School of Theoretical Physics, with new materials added in. It devoted to the discussion of the so-called ""missing matter"" problem in the universe - dark matter and dark energy. The goal of this volume is to make current research work on unseen matter accessible to students of faculties without prior experience in this area. Due to the pedagogical nature of the notes and the intense discussions between students and the lecturers, the written lectures included in this volume often contain techniques and explanations not found in more formal journal publications.

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Author:   John N Bahcall (Inst For Advanced Study, Usa) ,  Tsvi Piran (Hebrew Univ Of Jerusalem, Israel) ,  Steven Weinberg (Univ Of Texas At Austin, Usa)
Publisher:   World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Imprint:   World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Edition:   Second Edition
Dimensions:   Width: 16.50cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9789812388414

ISBN 10:   9812388419
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   07 September 2004
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Dark Matter in the Solar Vincinity: Dark Matter Near the Sun (J Bahcall); K-giants and the Total Amount of Matter Near the Sun (J Bahcall); Some Possible Regularities in Missing Mass (J Bahcall & S Casertano); Distribution of Dark Matter in the Spiral Galaxy NGC 3198 (T S van Albada et al.); I. Evolution of Globular Clusters and the Globular Cluster System, II. Positive Energy Perturbations in Cosmology (J P Ostriker & C Thompson); Dark Matter in Galaxies and Galaxy Systems (S Tremaine & H M Lee); Gravitational Lenses (R D Blandford & C S Kochanek); WIMPs in the Sun and in the Lab; An Introduction to Inflation; An Introduction to Cosmic Strings (W H Press & D N Spergel); A Departure from Newtonian Dynamics at Low Accelerations as an Explanation of the Mass Discrepancy in Galactic Systems (M Milgrom); Dark Energy (A Aguirre).

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