Dark Matter and Structure
Formation
- Introduction
- Cosmology Basics
- Friedmann-Robertson-Walker Universes
- Is the Gravitational
Force $\propto r^{-1$ at Large $r$?
- Age, Expansion Rate,
and Cosmological Constant
- Age of the Universe $t_0$
- Hubble Parameter
$H_0$
- Relative Distance
Methods
- Fundamental
Physics Approaches
- Correcting for
Virgocentric Infall
- Conclusions on $H_0$
- Cosmological
Constant $\Lambda $
- Measuring $\Omega _0$
- Very Large Scale Measurements
- Large-scale Measurements
- Measurements on Scales of a Few Mpc
- Estimates on Galaxy Halo Scales
- Cluster Baryons vs. Big Bang Nucleosynthesis
- Cluster Morphology and Evolution
- Early Structure Formation
- Conclusions
Regarding $\Omega
- Dark Matter Particles
- Hot, Warm, and Cold Dark Matter
- Cold Dark Matter
Candidates
- Axions
- Supersymmetric WIMPs
- MACHOs
- Hot Dark Matter:
Data on Neutrino Mass
- Origin of
Fluctuations: Inflation and Topological Defects
- Topological defects
- Cosmic Inflation: Introduction
- Inflation and the Origin of Fluctuations
- Eternal Inflation
- A Supersymmetric Inflation Model
- Inflation with $\Omega _0<1$
- Inflation Summary
- Comparing DM Models to
Observations: $\Lambda $CDM \@mit vs. CHDM
- Building a Cosmology: Overview
- Lessons from Warm Dark Matter
- $\Lambda $CDM vs. CHDM - Linear Theory
- Numerical Simulations to Probe Smaller Scales
- CHDM: Early Structure Troubles?
- Advantages of Mixed CHDM Over Pure CDM Models
- Best Bet CDM-Type
Models