宇宙鸡尾酒：三部分暗物质（真PDF）

探索暗物质奥秘的史诗故事
构成已知宇宙的普通原子——从我们的身体和我们呼吸的空气到行星和恒星——只占宇宙中所有物质和能量的5%。其余部分被称为暗物质和暗能量，因为它们的确切身份尚不清楚。《宇宙鸡尾酒》是解决现代科学最令人信服的谜团之一——宇宙是由什么组成的？——的史诗性探索的内幕故事由当今暗物质研究领域最重要的先驱之一讲述。
著名理论物理学家凯瑟琳·弗里斯（Katherine Freese）以该领域领先研究者的身份，将尖端科学与她自己的幕后见解相结合，讲述了对暗物质的探索，从弗里茨·兹威基（Fritz Zwicky）等有远见的科学家的发现，到今天地下实验室的大量数据，太空卫星和大型强子对撞机。理论家认为暗物质由被称为WIMP的基本粒子或弱相互作用的大质量粒子组成。数十亿颗恒星每秒穿过我们的身体，我们甚至都没有意识到，然而它们的引力能够使恒星和气体以极快的速度绕着星系中心旋转，并使来自遥远明亮物体的光发生弯曲。弗里斯描述了比赛背后那些超越生命的角色和冲突的个性，以识别这些难以捉摸的粒子。
许多宇宙学家相信我们即将解开这个谜团。宇宙鸡尾酒为人类在探索宇宙的过程中充分理解这个划时代的时刻提供了必要的基础。
The Cosmic Cocktail: Three Parts Dark Matter (True PDF)
The inside story of the epic quest to solve the mystery of dark matter
The ordinary atoms that make up the known universe―from our bodies and the air we breathe to the planets and stars―constitute only 5 percent of all matter and energy in the cosmos. The rest is known as dark matter and dark energy, because their precise identities are unknown. The Cosmic Cocktail is the inside story of the epic quest to solve one of the most compelling enigmas of modern science―what is the universe made of?―told by one of today’s foremost pioneers in the study of dark matter.
Blending cutting-edge science with her own behind-the-scenes insights as a leading researcher in the field, acclaimed theoretical physicist Katherine Freese recounts the hunt for dark matter, from the discoveries of visionary scientists like Fritz Zwicky―the Swiss astronomer who coined the term “dark matter” in 1933―to the deluge of data today from underground laboratories, satellites in space, and the Large Hadron Collider. Theorists contend that dark matter consists of fundamental particles known as WIMPs, or weakly interacting massive particles. Billions of them pass through our bodies every second without us even realizing it, yet their gravitational pull is capable of whirling stars and gas at breakneck speeds around the centers of galaxies, and bending light from distant bright objects. Freese describes the larger-than-life characters and clashing personalities behind the race to identify these elusive particles.
Many cosmologists believe we are on the verge of solving the mystery. The Cosmic Cocktail provides the foundation needed to fully fathom this epochal moment in humankind’s quest to understand the universe.

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