The Direct and Indirect Detection of Weakly Interacting Dark Matter Particles
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An ever-increasing body of evidence suggests that weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) constitute the bulk of the matter in the Universe. We illustrate how experimental data, dimensional analysis and Standard Model particle physics are sufficient to evaluate and compare the potential of detectors searching for such particles either directly (e.g. by their scattering in germanium detectors), or indirectly (e.g. by observing their annihilation into neutrinos in underground detectors).
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