Dark Matter: Motivation, Candidates and Searches

Abstract

The physical nature of most of the gravitating mass in the universe is completely mysterious. The astrophysical evidence for the presence of this dark matter and astrophysical constraints on its properties will be reviewed. The most popular dark-matter candidates will be introduced, and current and future attempts to search for them directly and indirectly will be discussed.

Comments: 47 pages, 32 eps figures included, Lectures at European School of High-Energy Physics, Menstrup, Denmark, June 1997