Dark matter overview

TL;DR

This paper reviews the multifaceted approaches to understanding dark matter, emphasizing the importance of diverse experimental and observational methods in solving this complex astrophysical puzzle.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of current strategies and tools used in dark matter research, highlighting the integrated multi-disciplinary efforts involved.

Findings

Dark matter research employs diverse experimental and observational techniques.

Multiple theoretical models guide the search for dark matter particles.

Integrated multi-frequency and multi-messenger approaches are crucial for progress.

Abstract

The identification of a solution to the dark matter problem has many arrows to its bow: if dark matter is a new elementary particle, both laboratory experiments and astrophysics can bring relevant and complementary pieces of information, that than can be confronted and composed to solve this intriguing puzzle. Although we currently do not have a unique and obvious target for the DM particle, we can rely on a broad range of ideas, tools and methods that make the investigation of dark matter a multi-frequency, multi-messenger and multi-techniques integrated endeavour.