Non-fiction. The Dark Matter Discoverer’s Guidebook is perfect for upper-level undergraduate students, graduate students, or a professional seeking to pivot into this exciting field of discovery. Mathematical derivations, examples, and complete solutions enable investigators to test their understanding of the material and to assess their level of knowledge without wasting time wondering whether there are missing steps.
Unique in its broad approach to the varying methods for identifying dark matter, The Dark Matter Discoverer’s Guidebook contains theoretical, phenomenological, and experimental approaches meant to prepare dark matter hunters for discovery. It provides an introduction to key evidence for dark matter, explores theories and models that present possible candidates, and surveys experimental approaches having the goal of training people to test the widest possible range of ideas..
ic nucleus, evaluate the energy released in nuclear reactions, and measure the penetrating power of its radiation.