Experimental Particle Dark Matter Search
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چکیده
After introducing several aspects of the motivation for particle dark matter search, experimental principles and the present state of the main experiments are presented. Direct searches for WIMPs are explained in some detail; indirect WIMP searches and axion searches are presented more briefly.
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