History of dark matter

Gianfranco Bertone and Dan Hooper
Rev. Mod. Phys. 90, 045002 – Published 15 October 2018

Abstract

Although dark matter is a central element of modern cosmology, the history of how it became accepted as part of the dominant paradigm is often ignored or condensed into an anecdotal account focused around the work of a few pioneering scientists. The aim of this review is to provide a broader historical perspective on the observational discoveries and the theoretical arguments that led the scientific community to adopt dark matter as an essential part of the standard cosmological model.

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  • Received 1 July 2016

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.90.045002

© 2018 American Physical Society

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Particles & Fields

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Gianfranco Bertone

  • GRAPPA, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904 1098XH Amsterdam, Netherlands

Dan Hooper

  • Center for Particle Astrophysics, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA and Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA

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Vol. 90, Iss. 4 — October - December 2018

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