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Indirect searches for dark matter

โœ Scribed by Barry C. Barish


Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1999
Tongue
English
Weight
295 KB
Volume
77
Category
Article
ISSN
0920-5632

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โœฆ Synopsis


The search for dark matter WIMPs is complementary to direct searches and accelerator searches. The status of present searches and prospects for the future are reviewed.


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