Warm dark matter

Warm dark matter

Warm dark matter (WDM) is theorized to have properties which are intermediate between those of hot dark matter and cold dark matter. WDM particles are often typified by sterile neutrinos.

This model has yet to be considered plausible, causing astrophysicists to search elsewhere for more reliable theories.

References

* [http://pangea.stanford.edu/courses/ges53/projects/view_project.php?entry=27 Dark Matter: Not Simply a Questions of MACHOS and WIMPS]
* [http://www.sciwrite.caltech.edu/journal03/trammel.html More than meets the eye]
* [http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~haehnelt/Preprints/wdm.pdf Constraining warm dark matter candidates including sterile neutrinos and light gravitinos with WMAP and the Lyman-ɑ forest]
* [http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/sci;317/5844/1527 The first star formation in WDM Universe]

ee also

*Dark matter
**Hot dark matter (HDM)
**Cold dark matter (CDM)
* Lambda-CDM model
* Modified Newtonian Dynamics


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