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In this article a general review of the status of dark matter is given, including the observational evidence, possible candidates, various searches of dark matter, etc.  To assist readers from the particle physics community, several topics in cosmology which are relevant to the discussion of dark matter are also given in varying details.  For instance, thefreezing-out of massive particles is discussed, and some of the key expressions are derived, in detail.  Some of the useful formulae and constants are given in three appendices.  This article is intended to be self-contained.  [Cover Photo: The Hubble image of the CL0024+17 (ZwCL0024+1652) galaxy cluster. Credit: NASA, ESA, M. J. Jee and H.Ford, Johns Hopkins University.]

A survey of dark matter and related topics in cosmology

Front. Phys. 2017, 12 (2): 121201 .   DOI: 10.1007/s11467-016-0583-4

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