Ay 212 Readings: Dark Matter

I was unable to find a single, comprehensive, modern review of this subject. Thus, I am asking you to select and read at least two papers from the following list or your own searches of astro-ph.

An old review by V. Trimble (1987, ARAA, 25, 425) provides a good historical introduction. Take a look also at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/astro-ph/0002363

The subject is now divided into two parts: baryonic and non-baryonic DM.

On the baryonic front, the interesting possibilities include MACHOs, cold gas, and warm gas. A very brief (and perhaps biased) summary is given by Freese et al., http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/astro-ph/0002058

• For MACHOs, search the astro-ph for Alcock (author) or MACHO (title), and take your pick. However, a good, short summary of references is also given by Paczynski, http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/astro-ph/9910327
  
• For cold gas, see the paper by Combes & Pfenniger, http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/astro-ph/9602145
  
• For warm gas, see, e.g., the paper by Cen & Ostriker, ApJ, 514, 1 (1999)
  

• A good introductory review is by D. Spergel, in "Unsolved Problems in Astrophysics", eds. J. Bahcall and J. Ostriker, p. 221, Princeton Univ. Press (1997); a book you may wish to own. Also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/astro-ph/9603026
  
• Several papers by M. Kamionkowski, e.g., http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/astro-ph/9809214, http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/hep-ph/9710467, or http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/hep-ph/9609531.
  
• Marc also recommended several other papers.
  
• Laboratory detection experiments are discussed, e.g., in http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/astro-ph/0003434 and http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/astro-ph/9911260. Take a look also at the April issue of Physics Today, p. 17.
  
• Another good review is by Bergstrom, http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/hep-ph/0002126