Dark Matter Video Lectures

78 lectures from TRIUMF, ICTP, KITP, and university courses covering dark matter evidence, thermal production, WIMPs, axions, direct & indirect detection, dark sectors, and gravitational lensing probes.

Particle Theory: Dark Matter — David Morrissey

TRIUMF / Perimeter Institute — 10 lectures

A complete graduate-level course covering dark matter evidence, thermal production via the Boltzmann equation, WIMP freeze-out, supersymmetric dark matter, coannihilation, non-thermal production, and direct detection experiments.

Evidence & Distributions

Lecture 1 — Evidence for Dark Matter

Lecture 2 — Dark Matter Distributions & Thermal DM Creation

Boltzmann Equation & Freeze-Out

Lecture 3 — Thermal Creation of DM: The Boltzmann Equation

Lecture 4 — DM Freeze-Out & Kinetic Equilibrium

Lecture 5 — Computing Yield from the Boltzmann Equation

WIMPs, SUSY & Beyond

Lecture 6 — WIMPs, SUSY, R-Parity & Universal Extra Dimensions

Lecture 7 — Coannihilation Continued

Lecture 8 — Non-Thermal Dark Matter

Direct Detection

Lecture 9 — Direct Detection of Dark Matter

Lecture 10 — Direct Detection Continued

ICTP Summer School on Cosmology 2018 — Dark Matter

ICTP, Trieste — 8 lectures (4 DM + 4 CMB)

Dark matter lectures within the broader ICTP cosmology school, alongside CMB physics that provides the cosmological context for dark matter constraints.

Dark Matter (ICTP 2018)

Dark Matter — Lecture 1

Dark Matter — Lecture 2

Dark Matter — Lecture 3

Dark Matter — Lecture 4

Related: CMB & Structure Formation

CMB — Lecture 1

CMB — Lecture 2

CMB — Lecture 3

CMB — Lecture 4

ICTP Summer School on Particle Physics 2019 — Dark Matter

ICTP, Trieste — 5 lectures

Dedicated dark matter lecture series within the ICTP particle physics school, covering evidence, theoretical candidates, and detection strategies.

Dark Matter (ICTP 2019)

Dark Matter — Lecture 1

Dark Matter — Lecture 2

Dark Matter — Lecture 3

Dark Matter — Lecture 4

Dark Matter — Lecture 5

ICTP Summer School on Particle Physics 2024 — Dark Matter & Axions

ICTP, Trieste — 8 lectures (4 DM+Axions + 4 Early Universe)

The latest ICTP edition with dedicated coverage of axion dark matter alongside early universe physics providing the cosmological framework for dark matter production.

Dark Matter & Axions (ICTP 2024)

Dark Matter and Axions — Lecture 1

Dark Matter and Axions — Lecture 2

Dark Matter and Axions — Lecture 3

Dark Matter and Axions — Lecture 4

Related: Physics of the Early Universe

Physics of the Early Universe — Lecture 1

Physics of the Early Universe — Lecture 2

Physics of the Early Universe — Lecture 3

Physics of the Early Universe — Lecture 4

KITP: Cosmic Signals of Dark Matter Physics

Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, UC Santa Barbara — 33 research talks

Cutting-edge research talks from leading dark matter physicists worldwide, covering dark substructure, self-interacting dark matter, gravitational lensing probes, N-body simulations, dark sectors, and cosmological constraints.

Dark Substructure & Stellar Streams

Detecting Dark Substructure with Stellar Streams — Tongyan Lin (UCSD)

CDM/WDM Small Scale Structure: Sub-Halo Counting with Stellar Streams — R. Carlberg (Toronto)

Milky Way's Satellite Galaxies under Tidal Stripping — Ting Li (Toronto)

Decoding DM with Stellar Streams from Beyond the Milky Way — S. Pearson (Copenhagen)

Gravitational Lensing Probes

Strong Gravitational Lensing as a Probe of Dark Matter — S. Vegetti (MPA)

Signatures of Beyond-CDM Physics in Strong Lenses — D. Gilman (Chicago)

Probing DM Substructure Using Gravitational Strong Lensing — I. Zelko (CITA)

Dark Matter Opportunities with Weak Lensing — Alex Amon (Cambridge)

Dark Matter Halos & Simulations

Constraining the Nature of DM with Galactic Halos — A. Fattahi (Durham)

Testing DM Theories with Cosmological-Baryonic Zoom Simulations — R. Sanderson (Penn)

Exploring Rotation Curve Diversity in Marvelous Dwarf Simulations — A. Cruz (Princeton)

Galaxy Formation in Alternative Dark Matter Models — G. Despali (Bologna)

Prompt Cusps of Dark Matter — S. Delos (Carnegie)

Dark Sectors & Self-Interactions

Cosmic Probes of the Dark Sector — C. Prescod-Weinstein (UNH)

Brave New Dark: Opportunities for Dark Sectors in Cosmology — M. Buen Abad (Maryland)

Fragmentation Scale in Dissipative Dark Matter Models — J. Gurian (Perimeter)

Probing Angular Dependence of DM Self-Interactions — M. Fischer (LMU Munich)

Systematic EFT Approach to SIDM — A. Parikh (Stony Brook)

Cosmological Probes & New Physics

Simulation-Based Inference and Generative Modeling for DM — S. Mishra Sharma (MIT)

Fast and Differentiable BBN — Hongwan Liu (Chicago)

Origins of DM in the Matter Power Spectrum — Yue Zhang (Carleton)

GW Symphony from Oscillating Scalar Fields: DM — Y. Cui (UC Riverside)

The Intriguing Lives of Galaxies Lacking Dark Matter — J. Moreno (Pomona)

Cosmic Shadows: A CMB View of DESI Galaxies — S. Ferraro (LBNL)

How Light Can Dark Matter Particles Be? — M. Amin (Rice)

New Frontiers for Constraining the Microphysics of DM — S. Bose (Durham)

Astroparticle Physics Lectures

University lectures — 9 lectures (3 DM + 6 related)

A phenomenological approach to dark matter through astroparticle physics, covering evidence from rotation curves and clusters, direct detection experiments, and indirect detection via cosmic rays and gamma rays.