Dark Matter Science in the Era of LSST

arXiv:1903.04425 · astro-ph.CO, astro-ph.HE, hep-ex · Submitted 2019-03-11 · Read on arXiv

astro-ph.CO, astro-ph.HE, hep-ex

Submitted: 2019-03-11

Updated: 2019-03-11

Comments: 11 pages, 2 figures, Science Whitepaper for Astro 2020, more information at https://lsstdarkmatter.github.io

Journal ref: Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 51, Issue 3, id. 207 (2019)

Project page: https://lsstdarkmatter.github.io

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Microlensing — 7× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Abundance — 6× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Core — 3× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Clustering — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Gravitational Lensing — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Weak Lensing — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Adam — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Consistency — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Matter Power Spectrum — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Multi-messenger Astronomy — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Primordial Black Holes (PBHs) — 1× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes

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