FRS110: Dark Matter

For a great overview of dark matter, with lots of cool pictures, charts and diagrams, go to: http://bustard.phys.nd.edu/Phys171/lectures/machos.html

Listen to Princeton astrophysicist Jeremiah Ostriker talk about structure in the universe and how dark matter contributes: http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Cyberia/Cosmos/MystDarkMatter.html

Interested in Zwicky’s discoveries, check out this article from Natural History: http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mim1134/is9112/ai110737000

July 2000 article about the discovery of the Tau neutrino —The article describes the experiment that Fermilab physicist Byron Lundberg used to detect the particle. Up until now, the existence of the particle has been only theoretical.

The Dark Matter Rap by David Weinberg of the Institute for Advanced Study —An awesome, absolute must-see overview of the history and future of dark matter.

CERN, the world’s largest particle accelerator —Check out the extensive research that this European-based research facility has done on neutrinos and the different neutrino families.

Brief but comprehensive history of the neutrino —Website maintained by the University of California at Irvine

http://cosmology.berkeley.edu/Education/galrotcurve.html -To learn more about galaxy rotation curves, visit this site from Berkeley.

http://www.astro.physik.uni-potsdam.de/~lutz/lehre/extragal/galaxien/rotcurves.html Visit this site from Potsdam University to learn more about galatic rotation curves