2004/07/30 by R. Foot · 232 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Baryonic dark matter #Cosmology #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #Dark energy #Dark fluid #Dark matter #Galaxy #Galaxy formation and evolution #Galaxy rotation curve #Gravitational microlensing #Hot dark matter #Light dark matter #Mixed dark matter #Physics #Scalar field dark matter #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #Warm dark matter #astro-ph #hep-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1142/s0218271804006449
published in International Journal of Modern Physics D 13(10), 2161-2192 (World Scientific) · about 30 pages
arxiv created 2004/07/30 · openalex publication_date 2004/12/01 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
There are six main things which any non-baryonic dark matter theory should endeavour to explain: (1) The basic dark matter particle properties [mass, stability, darkness]; (2) The similarity in cosmic abundance between ordinary and non-baryonic dark matter, Ω B ~Ω dark ; (3) Large scale structure formation; (4) Microlensing (MACHO) events; (5) Asymptotically flat rotation curves in spiral galaxies; (6) The impressive DAMA/NaI annual modulation signal. Only mirror matter-type dark matter appears capable of explaining all six of these desirable features. The purpose of this article is to provide an up-to-date and pedagogical review of this dark matter candidate.