TASI 2008 Lectures on Dark Matter

Abstract

Based on lectures given at the 2008 Theoretical Advanced Study Institute (TASI), I review here some aspects of the phenomenology of particle dark matter, including the process of thermal freeze-out in the early universe, and the direct and indirect detection of WIMPs. I also describe some of the most popular particle candidates for dark matter and summarize the current status of the quest to discover dark matter's particle identity.

Comments: 57 pages, 10 figures; Based on lectures given at the 2008 Theoretical Advanced Study Institute (TASI)