Detection of cosmic dark matter

Journal Article · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1988 · Annu. Rev. Nucl. Sci.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.ns.38.120188.003535· OSTI ID:6862104

Primack, J R; Seckel, D; Sadoulet, B

This is a mid-1988 status report on attempts to detect particle dark matter. We have some prejudice in limiting ourselves to dark matter candidates that we feel are especially motivated: weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs), axions, and light neutrinos. Much of our review centers on the possibility of detecting WIMPs. This is partly because there exist several methods by which WIMPs may be detected in the next decade, whereas for axions the prospects are more uncertain and for light neutrinos essentially nonexistent. In addition, we feel that WIMPs provide a natural way for a critical density of dark matter to occur within the context of plausible particle theories. (AIP)

• Research Organization: Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics, University of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064
• OSTI ID: 6862104
• Journal Information: Annu. Rev. Nucl. Sci.; (United States), Vol. 38:1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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