Recent Developments in Dark Matter Physics
Abstract
After a short review of the arguments for the existence of Particle Dark Matter in the Universe, I list the most plausible candidates provided by particle physics, i.e. neutrinos, axions, and WIMPs. In each case I briefly describe how to estimate the relic density, and discuss attempts at detecting these particles. At the end I discuss my personal favorite, the lightest supersymmetric particle, in a little more detail.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- March 1997
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.hep-ph/9703260
- arXiv:
- arXiv:hep-ph/9703260
- Bibcode:
- 1997hep.ph....3260D
- Keywords:
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- High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
- E-Print:
- 13 pages, LaTeX with equation.sty, no figures