Dark Matter in Astro- and Particle Physics

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XXV

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2. Astronomical Evidence for Dark Matter

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Large—Scale Structure from Galaxy and Cluster Surveys

      • Luigi Guzzo

      Pages 3-15

   3. The Dark Mass at the Center of the Milky Way

      • Andreas Eckart, Christian Straubmeier

      Pages 16-27

   4. Dim Matter in the Disks of Low Surface Brightness Galaxies

      • Burkhard Fuchs

      Pages 28-35

   5. Black Holes in Active Galactic Nuclei

      • Greg Madejski

      Pages 36-45

   6. Comparison of the Black Hole and Fermion Ball Scenarios of the Galactic Center

      • Neven Bilić, Faustin Munyaneza, Gary B. Tupper, Raoul D. Viollier

      Pages 46-52

   7. Dark Matter and Baryons in Groups and Clusters of Galaxies

      • Nicola Menci, Alfonso Cavaliere, Andrea Lapi

      Pages 53-61

   8. Baryonic Dark Matter and Machos

      • Kim Griest

      Pages 62-70

   9. A Next Generation Microlensing Search: SuperMacho

      • A. J. Drake, A. C. Becker, A. Clocchiati, K. H. Cook, R. Covarrubias, R. Hiriart et al.

      Pages 71-78

   10. Dynamics of Dark-Matter Cusps

       • David Merritt, Miloš Milosavljević

       Pages 79-89

   11. Testing Hierarchical Structure Formation Scenarios

       • Catherine M. Cress

       Pages 90-97

3. Cosmic Microwave Background

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 99-99

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   2. Cosmology Rounding the Cape

      • Alessandro Melchiorri

      Pages 101-118

   3. Large Scale Structure in an Era of Precision CMB Measurements

      • Asantha Cooray

      Pages 119-130

   4. Astrophysical Constraints on Neutralino Dark Matter from Multifrequency Observations of Galaxy Clusters

      • Sergio Colafrancesco

      Pages 131-146

4. Thermodynamics of Dark Matter

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 147-147

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   2. On the Formation of Degenerate Heavy Fermion Stars

      • Robert Lindebaum, Neven Bilic, Gary Tupper, Raoul Viollier

      Pages 149-155

   3. The Self-Gravitating Fermi Gas

      • Pierre-Henri Chavanis

      Pages 156-163

   4. Dark Matter in the Halo of the Galaxy

      • Neven Bilić, Gary B. Tupper, Raoul D. Viollier

      Pages 164-171

The Fourth HEIDELBERG International Conference on Dark Matter in Astro­ and Particle Physics, DARK2002, was held in Cape Town, South Africa, in the period 4-9 February 2002. This majestic natural area was the site of the first conference of this series (hosted since 1996 in Heidelberg) to be held outside of Germany. Dark Matter has become one of the most exciting and central fields of as­ trophysics, particle physics and cosmology. The conference covered, as usual for this series, a large range of topics, theoretical and experimental. Topics included Astronomical Evidence for Dark Matter, the Cosmic Microwave Background, Supersymmetry, Inflation and Dark Energy, Structure Formation, Hot and Cold Dark Matter, and Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Rays all of which were represented by experts in the field. It was very nice to see again many of our 'old' friends in Dark Matter here in South Africa. The organizers were very glad to see, in addition to world experts, the new generation here. Many young participants gave very nice professional talks during the conference. We are grateful to John Ellis for doing an incredible job preparing his excellent summary talk during the sessions. Some special interest and intensive discussions were naturally raised by the first announcement of terrestrial evidence for hot dark matter, obtained from neutrino less double beta decay. This now adds to the evidence for cold dark matter which we have from DAM A for several years already, and which remained unchallenged up to now by other experiments.

• Baryon
• Galaxy
• Gravity
• Neutrino
• Particle Physics
• astrophysics
• thermodynamics

• Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany

  H. V. Klapdor-Kleingrothaus

• Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

  R. D. Viollier

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