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Preface; Part I. Dark Matter in Astronomy and Cosmology: 1. Dark matterin galaxies; 2. Dark matter in clusters of galaxies; 3. Dark matter inintergalactic space; 4. The identity of the dark matter; Part II. IonisationProblems in Astronomy and Cosmology: 5. Diffuse ionisation in the Milky Way;6. Diffuse ionisation in spiral galaxies; 7. The intergalactic flux ofhydrogen-ionising photons; Part III. Neutrino Decay and Ionisation in theUniverse: 8. The radiative decay of massive neutrinos; 9. Neutrino decay andthe ionisation of the Milky Way; 10. Neutrino decay and the ionisation ofspiral galaxies; 11. The intergalactic flux of ionising decay photons; 12.The reionisation of the Universe; Part IV. Observational Searches for theNeutrino Decay Line: 13. Observational searches for the neutrino decay line;References; Subject index.