[PhilPhys] Special Issue on Dark Matter & Modified Gravity

[Niels Martens]

Special Issue on Dark Matter & Modified Gravity

Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics

*Deadline:* *1 **DECEMBER** 2019*



INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES ON DARK MATTER & MODIFIED GRAVITY


Astrophysical and cosmological observations as well as explanatory gaps in
the Standard Model of particle physics imply the existence of dark matter
and/or a modification of our best theory of space, time and gravity, namely
general relativity and its Newtonian limit. We invite historical and/or
philosophical contributions on dark matter (DM) and/or modified gravity
(MG) and especially the interface between these two research programmes.
Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

·       The underdetermination between DM and MG

·       Is a strict conceptual distinction between DM and MG justified? How
does this relate to the distinction between matter and spacetime?

·       What are the explanatory successes and failures of the DM research
programme, and of the MG research programme? Which models of explanation
are being employed by the respective programmes, and how do those relate?

·       How do data, constraints and explanations at the LHC, in
astrophysics and cosmology relate? Could the LHC, in principle, confirm
dark matter by itself?

·       Virtues and vices of simplified (dark matter) models. Do simplified
models explain?

·       Hybrid models, fifth forces & exotic theories that are neither MG
nor DM

·       Connections between dark energy and DM/MG

·       How to proceed in light of the small scale problems?

·       Novel predictions, fine-tuning and falsifiability

·       Sociology of the DM-MG debate (but please note that papers should
in the first instance be historical and/or philosophical)



*Guest editors:*

Miguel Ángel Carretero Sahuquillo (University of Wuppertal)

Michael Krämer (RWTH Aachen University)

Dennis Lehmkuhl (University of Bonn)

Niels Martens (RWTH Aachen University) *(Contact person:
martens at physik.rwth-aachen.de <martens at physik.rwth-aachen.de>)*

Erhard Scholz (University of Wuppertal)



Submissions should follow the standard guidelines of the journal.
https://www.journals.elsevier.com/studies-in-history-and-philosophy-of-science-part-b-studies-in-history-and-philosophy-of-modern-physics
When
submitting, authors should select, for Issue Type, “VSI: Dark Matter &
Modified Gravity.”  There’s a drop-down menu when you begin the submission
process.
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