Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2007-05-23
J.Phys.Soc.Jap.76:111016,2007
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Submitted to JPSJ, 20 pages, 5 figures
Scientific paper
10.1143/JPSJ.76.111016
For many working in particle physics and cosmology successful discovery and characterisation of the new particles that most likely explain the non-baryonic cold dark matter, known to comprise the majority of matter in the Universe, would be the most significant advance in physics for a century. Reviewed here is the current status of direct searches for such particles, in particular the so-called Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs), together with a brief overview of the possible future direction of the field extrapolated from recent advances. Current best limits are at or below 10-7 pb for spin-independent neutralino coupling, sufficient that experiments are already probing SUSY models. However, new detectors with tonne-scale mass and/or capability to correlate signal events to our motion through the Galaxy will likely be needed to determine finally whether WIMPs exist.
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