Manifestations of Dark Matter and Variations of the Fundamental Constants in Atoms and Astrophysical Phenomena

• Main Author: Stadnik, Yevgeny V. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Physics.; Gravitation.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Elementary particles (Physics).; Quantum field theory.; Atoms.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics.; Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.

This thesis explores the possibility of searching for new effects of dark matter that are linear in g, an approach that offers enormous advantages over conventional schemes, since the interaction constant g is very small, g<<1. Further, the thesis employs an investigation of linear effects to...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• New Methods of Axion Dark Matter Detection
• New Methods of Scalar Dark Matter Detection
• New Spectroscopy Methods to Search for Anomalous Fifth-Forces
• Concluding Remarks.