What Is Dark Matter? - Peter Fisher

What Is Dark Matter?

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Buch | Hardcover
192 Seiten
2022
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-14834-2 (ISBN)
37,40 inkl. MwSt
What we know about dark matter and what we have yet to discover

Astronomical observations have confirmed dark matter’s existence, but what exactly is dark matter? In What Is Dark Matter?, particle physicist Peter Fisher introduces readers to one of the most intriguing frontiers of physics. We cannot actually see dark matter, a mysterious, nonluminous form of matter that is believed to account for about 27 percent of the mass-energy balance in the universe. But we know dark matter is present by observing its ghostly gravitational effects on the behavior and evolution of galaxies. Fisher brings readers quickly up to speed regarding the current state of the dark matter problem, offering relevant historical context as well as a close look at the cutting-edge research focused on revealing dark matter’s true nature.

Could dark matter be a new type of particle—an axion or a Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP)—or something else? What have physicists ruled out so far—and why? What experimental searches are now underway and planned for the near future, in hopes of detecting dark matter on Earth or in space? Fisher explores these questions and more, illuminating what is known and unknown, and what a triumph it will be when scientists discover dark matter’s identity at last.

Peter Fisher is the Thomas A. Frank (1977) Professor of Physics and serves as head of the Physics Department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 12.7.2022
Reihe/Serie Princeton Frontiers in Physics
Zusatzinfo 41 b/w illus.
Verlagsort New Jersey
Sprache englisch
Maße 127 x 203 mm
Themenwelt Sonstiges Geschenkbücher
Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Astronomie / Astrophysik
ISBN-10 0-691-14834-1 / 0691148341
ISBN-13 978-0-691-14834-2 / 9780691148342
Zustand Neuware
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