Fresh update to a favorite campaign setting. d20 Dark•Matteris a 160-page d20 Modern® supplement that updates the originalDark•Matter Campaign Setting(created for the Alternity® Science Fiction Roleplaying Game), making it fully compatible with the d20 Modern rules. It also includes some new content. d20 Dark•Matterpresents a world where devious organizations scheme for world domination, otherworldly forces infiltrate our power structures, and creatures from our nightmares lurk in the shadows. Working for a clandestine organization called the Hoffmann Institute, heroes explore hidden mysteries while eluding forces — both human and alien — that scheme to control the truth. AUTHOR INFORMATION WOLFGANG BAUR began his gaming career writing articles forDungeon® andDragon® magazines and eventually joined the magazine staff as an editor. He later worked as a game designer for TSR, Inc. and Wizards of the Coast, Inc. In 1998, he left Wizards to work at Microsoft. He currently freelances for Wizards and other RPG publishing companies. MONTE COOK worked at TSR, Inc. and Wizards of the Coast, Inc. as a game designer before leaving to found his own game company, Malhavoc Press. He co-designed the 3rd-Edition Dungeons & Dragons® game and wrote theDungeon Master’s Guide™. He also writes a regular Dungeon Master advice column inDungeonmagazine.

Dark Matter is a full science fiction conversion for the 5th Edition of the World's Greatest Roleplaying that unlocks a universe of adventure for your table, without leaving your favorite fantasy staples behind. This full campaign setting is rife with gorgeous art, easy to learn, and generic enough to use with any campaign.

Describes the dark matter problem in particle physics, astrophysics and cosmology for graduate students and researchers.

This book is designed to be the complete rulebook for all modern roleplaying games using the d20 settings. Thematically aligned with the highly popular heroic fantasy and horror genres, this volume will build on the strength of the growing d20 System while attracting new players.

This book brings together reviews from leading international authorities on the developments in the study of dark matter and dark energy, as seen from both their cosmological and particle physics side. Studying the physical and astrophysical properties of the dark components of our Universe is a crucial step towards the ultimate goal of unveiling their nature. The work developed from a doctoral school sponsored by the Italian Society of General Relativity and Gravitation. The book starts with a concise introduction to the standard cosmological model, as well as with a presentation of the theory of linear perturbations around a homogeneous and isotropic background. It covers the particle physics and cosmological aspects of dark matter and (dynamical) dark energy, including a discussion of how modified theories of gravity could provide a possible candidate for dark energy. A detailed presentation is also given of the possible ways of testing the theory in terms of cosmic microwave background, galaxy redshift surveys and weak gravitational lensing observations. Included is a chapter reviewing extensively the direct and indirect methods of detection of the hypothetical dark matter particles. Also included is a self-contained introduction to the techniques and most important results of numerical (e.g. N-body) simulations in cosmology. " This volume will be useful to researchers, PhD and graduate students in Astrophysics, Cosmology Physics and Mathematics, who are interested in cosmology, dark matter and dark energy.

This thesis covers several theoretical aspects of WIMP (weakly interacting massive particles) dark matter searches, with a particular emphasis on colliders. It mainly focuses on the use of effective field theories as a tool for Large Hadron Collider (LHC) searches, discussing in detail the issue of their validity, and on simplified dark matter models, which are receiving a growing attention from the physics community. It highlights the theoretical consistency of simplified models, which is essential in order to correctly exploit their potential and for them to be a common reference when comparing results from different experiments. This thesis is of interest to researchers (both theorists and experimentalists) in the field of dark matter searches, and offers a comprehensive introduction to dark matter and to WIMP searches for students and non-experts.

Dark Legacies is a dark, gritty, and engrossing campaign setting and complete d20-based rules set for low-magic gaming, fully illustrated by industry-leading artist Adrian Smith. Dark Legacies is set on Earth, long after a forgotten apocalypse. The Earth is a single continent, ravaged by war, literally surrounded on all sides by the Abyss, which lingers on the horizon past a still ocean. Divergent human nations embark on a new arms race, threatened from the outside by their neighbors and from within by the proliferation of demonic magic, which eats away at longstanding monarchies and the foundations of theocratic rule. The Dark Legacies Player's Guide contains all the rules necessary for players to game in a Dark Legacies or other low-magic campaigns.

Particle dark matter: the name of the game -- The thermal relic paradigm: zeroth-order lessons from cosmology -- The thermal relic paradigm: a closer look -- The art of WIMP direct detection -- Indirect dark matter searches -- Searching for dark matter with particle colliders -- Axions and axion-like particles as dark matter -- Sterile neutrinos as dark matter particles -- Bestiarium: a short, biased compendium of notable dark matter particle candidates and models

A complete treatment of all aspects of dark matter physics This book provides an incisive, self-contained introduction to one of the most intriguing subjects in modern physics, presenting the evidence we have from astrophysics for the existence of dark matter, the theories for what it could be, and the cutting-edge experimental and observational methods for testing them. It begins with a survey of the astrophysical phenomena, from rotation curves to lensing and cosmological structure formation. It goes on to offer the most comprehensive overview available of all three major theories, discussing weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs), axions, and primordial black holes. The book explains the constraints on each theory, such as direct detection and indirect astrophysical limits, and enables students to build physical intuition using hands-on exercises and supplemental material. The only book to treat extensively WIMPs, axions, and primordial black holes Provides balanced coverage of the evidence, theory, and testing for dark matter from astrophysics, particle physics, and experimental physics Includes original problems and short quizzes throughout Accompanied by Jupyter notebooks that give sample calculations and methods to reproduce key results and graphs An ideal textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate students and an essential reference for researchers