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History of dark matter

2018; American Physical Society; Volume: 90; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1103/revmodphys.90.045002

1539-0756

Gianfranco Bertone, Dan Hooper,

History and Developments in Astronomy

The standard model of modern cosmology is unthinkable without dark matter, although direct detections are still missing. A broad perspective of how dark matter was postulated and became accepted is presented, from prehistory, over observations of galaxy clusters, galaxy rotation curves, the search for baryonic dark matter, possible alternative explanations via modified gravity, up to the hunt for dark matter particles. The interplay is described between observational discoveries and theoretical arguments which led finally to the adoption of this paradigm.