Serafina Rhind-Tutt

What are the key observational evidences for dark matter, and how do they connect to the search for a theoretical particle within the Standard Model?

Started Apr. 30, 2025

Abstract or project description

My project is a research paper that begins with a description of dark matter as a hypothetical, invisible, non-luminous matter. I then write about some of the observational evidence that lead scientist to theorise dark matters existence including galaxy rotation curves, gravitational lensing, galaxy/bullet clusters, the cosmic microwave background, and structure formation. After that my paper begins to slightly shift into a brief description of the standard model of particle physics and it's flaws, including the lack of explanation of the elementary particle that makes up dark matter. Finally I explain possible particle candidates for dark matter such as the axion, WIMPs and more.