Article: dark matter

Article: cold dark matter
A Dictionary of Astronomy;      130 words ...cold dark matter ( CDM ) A particular type of non-baryonic...There are many possible candidates for cold dark matter, such as axions , photinos , and primordial...holes. Evidence for the existence of cold dark matter has come from recent observations that...

Article: Researchers Seek Mysterious Dark Matter
AP Online;  August 13, 2007 ;     700+ words ......globe, a high-tech race is on to spot dark matter, the invisible cosmic glue that's believed...apart. Whoever discovers the nature of dark matter would solve one of modern science's...just a brainy exercise. Deciphering dark matter - along with a better understanding...

Article: WIMP
A Dictionary of Astronomy;      45 words ...WIMP Abbr. for weakly interacting massive particle, a hypothetical particle of non-baryonic dark matter . In some theories, WIMPs are assumed to pervade the cosmos. Examples could be cold dark matter , such as axions or photinos, or hot dark matter , such as neutrinos. See also ...

Article: matter
The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable;      43 words ...matter1 matter of fact a fact as distinct from an opinion or conjecture. mind over matter the use of willpower to overcome physical problems. The expression is recorded from the early 19th century. See also cold dark matter , dark matter , grey matter , root of the matter .

Article: dark matter
A Dictionary of Astronomy;      202 words ...dark matter Material whose presence can...missing mass . Evidence for dark matter in spiral galaxies is provided...rotation curves . The existence of dark matter in rich clusters of galaxies...evidence for the existence of dark matter comes from observations of ...

Article: axion
A Dictionary of Astronomy;      74 words ......elementary particle which has been proposed as a candidate for dark matter in the Universe. Axions are expected to have been produced...electron) and might therefore be expected to be a form of hot dark matter , it interacts so weakly with radiation that it is, in fact, a plausible candidate for ...

Article: Corporate brands and cold dark matter. (Brand Building).
Agri Marketing;  February 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......in Scientific American about cold dark matter recently caught my eye. As it...The astronomers have their cold dark matter theory--and marketers have brand...like the shining stars or the cold dark matter of the universe--out there somewhere...

Article: Work begins on world's deepest underground lab
AP Worldstream;  June 22, 2009 ;     534 words ......quest for mysterious particles known as dark matter. Scientists, politicians and other officials...with efforts to prove the existence of dark matter, which is thought to make up nearly...debris left behind by miners. The first dark matter experiment will be the Large Underground...

Article: CDM
The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations;      14 words ...CDM Astronomy cold dark matter (as in CDM theory ) • Physics critical damping mode

Article: dark
The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable;      457 words ...dark often used figuratively to...Fitton (1578–1647). dark matter in some cosmological theories...weakly interacting particles ( cold dark matter ) or high-energy randomly...after the big bang ( hot dark matter ). dark night of the soul a period...grey in the ...

Article: Bell Labs Astrophysicists Map Large-Scale Distribution of Cosmic Dark Matter.
Business Wire;  May 11, 2000 ;     700+ words ......matter that pervades the universe. Known as dark matter, this invisible matter makes its presence...devoid of clumps of matter. To obtain the dark matter distribution, David Wittman, Anthony Tyson...for evidence of distortions produced by dark matter that lay in its path. Einstein's ...

Article: The valuation of hidden assets in foreign transactions: why "dark matter" matters; It is more important than is sometimes thought.
Business Economics;  January 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......valuation of hidden assets--what we call dark matter --changes our assessment of the U.S. external imbalance. Dark matter assets are defined as the capitalized...that work we called these assets dark matter and provided evidence for their existence...

Article: The Professor at His Desk.(Poem)
Quadrant;  June 1, 2002 ;     120 words ......es's Before the Beginning and Lee Smolin's The Life of the Cosmos. Full of dark matter, it is heavy going. Dark matter makes up ninety percent of the galaxy, and dark matter holds our universe together; although made up of stuff we cannot see...

Article: galaxy formation
A Dictionary of Astronomy;      108 words ......of galaxy-sized objects. Calculations show that this process is assisted by the existence of dark matter , particularly if it is cold dark matter . There is still no complete theory of galaxy formation that includes an explanation of how stars...