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Dark Matter Searches

Pretzl, K.

In: Space Science Reviews, 2007, vol. 130, no. 1-4, p. 63-72

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    Titre
    • Dark Matter Searches
    Auteur
    • Pretzl, K.. Laboratory for High Energy Physics, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
    Type de document
    • Postprint
    Langue
    • Anglais
    Publié dans
    • Space Science Reviews, 2007, vol. 130, no. 1-4, p. 63-72. Springer Netherlands
    Autre version électronique
    Classification
    • Astronomie, Astrophysique
    Mots clés
    Identifiant OAI-PMH
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:319862
    Summary
    According to our present knowledge the matter/energy budget of the universe consists of 74% dark energy, 22% dark matter and 4% ordinary (or so-called baryonic) matter. While the dark energy cannot be detected directly, searches for dark matter are performed with earth-bound and space-borne detection devices, assuming that the dark matter consists of weakly interacting massive particles, the so-called WIMPs. An overview of the present experimental situation is given