Particle Dark Matter
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چکیده
There is plenty of evidence that most matter in the universe is dark (non–luminous). Particle physics offers several possible explanations. In this talk I focus on cold dark matter; the most promising candidates are then axions and the lightest supersymmetric particle. I briefly summarize estimates for the present relic density of these particles, and describe efforts to detect them. To appear in the Proceedings of the Fourth Workshop on High Energy Physics Phenomenology (WHEPP4), Calcutta, India, January 1996.
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