The Dark Matter problem

Abstract

In these notes I will briefly summarize our knowledge about the dark matter problem, and emphasize the corresponding dynamical aspects. This covers a wide area of research, so I have been selective, and have concentrated on the subject of dark matter in nearby galaxies, in particular spirals.

18 pages, no figures, lectures at "Chaotic Dynamics of Gravitational Systems", to be published in Celestial Mechanics

References in corpus (11)

• Local stellar kinematics from Hipparcos data
• The dark and baryonic matter content of low surface brightness disk galaxies
• The Cores of Dark Matter Dominated Galaxies: theory vs. observations
• Dynamical Modeling of Velocity Profiles: The Dark Halo Around the Elliptical Galaxy NGC2434
• Dynamical Friction and the Distribution of Dark Matter in Barred Galaxies
• The disruption of nearby galaxies by the Milky Way
• EROS and MACHO Combined Limits on Planetary Mass Dark Matter in the Galactic Halo
• Compact groups of galaxies
• Refining the Oort and Galactic constants
• Evolution of Compact Groups of Galaxies I. Merging Rates
• Microlensing of tidal debris on the Magellanic great circle

Cited by in corpus (5)

• Characterization of galactic bars from 3.6 $\mu$m S${}^4$G imaging
• Discovery of high proper motion ancient white dwarfs: nearby massive compact halo objects?
• Halo Geometry and Dark Matter Annihilation Signal
• Octonionic Quantum Interplays of Dark Matter and Ordinary Matter
• No evidence for Keplerian taper of far-out galactic rotation