Dark matter

Welcome to the Wikiversity learning project for Dark matter.

Reading



 * Dark matter - Wikipedia article
 * Observations that support the existence of dark matter - article by Douglas Clowe, et al. (2006)
 * DAMA/NaI - laboratory experiment attempting to detect dark matter
 * Non-baryonic dark matter matter - review by Paolo Gondolo (2004).
 * Investigation of possible dark matter direct detection in electron accelerators - by Junji Hisano, et al (2006).
 * Astronomy/Current Unsolved Mysteries - Wikibooks
 * Observational Evidence for Extra Dimensions from Dark Matter by Bo Qin, Ue-Li Pen and Joseph Silk (2006).

Discussion
According to this essay by Joe Silk, "There is at most an amount of dark matter in the disk equal to the amount of luminous matter." I would like to find some published articles about how this estimate is made. --JWSchmidt 17:10, 9 March 2007 (UTC)