Dark matter in astrophysics and particle physics 1998 : proceedings of the Second International Conference on Dark Matter in Astro and Particle Physics, held in Heidelberg, Germany, 20-25 July 1998

One of the major open questions in high energy physics and cosmology is the nature and origin of dark matter. Dark Matter in Astrophysics and Particle Physics 1998 provides a comprehensive overview of the current status of research in this topical field. The book brings together leading researchers from around the world to review recent progress and future directions for research in the different approaches to the dark matter problem. It collects results from cosmology, large-scale structure, and accelerator and nonaccelerator physics. The book also reviews the correlations between and the virtues of each of the fields for the determination of abundance, nature, and origin of dark matter. One of the major open questions in high energy physics and cosmology is the nature and origin of dark matter. This book contains the invited papers presented at the second international conference. The conference brought together leading researchers from around the world to review recent progress and future directions for research in the different approaches to the dark matter problem. The book brings together results from cosmology, large scale structure, accelerator and non-accelerator physics. The correlations between and the virtues of each of the fields for the determination of abundance, nature and origin of dark matter are reviewed. The book gives a comprehensive overview of the current status of research in this topical field.