The Direct and Indirect Detection of Weakly Interacting Dark Matter Particles
Abstract
Description
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).
Talk presented at the International Symposium on Particle Theory and Phenomenology, Iowa State University, May 1995. Latex with some style macros included, 8 pages. Uses epsf to include 1 postscript figure. Compressed postscript version with figure can be obtained from http://phenom.physics.wisc.edu/pub/preprints/1995/madph-95-902.ps.Z or from ftp://phenom.physics.wisc.edu/pub/preprints/1995/madph-95-902.ps.Z
Talk presented at the International Symposium on Particle Theory and Phenomenology, Iowa State University, May 1995. Latex with some style macros included, 8 pages. Uses epsf to include 1 postscript figure. Compressed postscript version with figure can be obtained from http://phenom.physics.wisc.edu/pub/preprints/1995/madph-95-902.ps.Z or from ftp://phenom.physics.wisc.edu/pub/preprints/1995/madph-95-902.ps.Z