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\"\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

There is a wide range of astronomical evidence that the visible stars
\nand gas in all galaxies \u2014 including our own \u2014 are immersed in a much
\nlarger cloud of non-luminous matter, typically containing much greater
\n(by orders of magnitude) amounts of mass.
The existence of this
\n\u201cdark matter\u201d is consistent with evidence from large-scale galaxy
\nsurveys and cosmic microwave background measurements, which indicate
\nthat the majority of matter in the universe is non-baryonic. The nature
\nof this non-baryonic component is still totally unknown, and the
\nresolution of the \u201cdark matter puzzle\u201d is of fundamental importance to
\ncosmology, astrophysics, and elementary particle physics.
One
\nleading explanation, motivated by supersymmetry theory, is that dark
\nmatter is comprised of as-yet-undiscovered Weakly Interacting Massive
\nParticles (WIMPs) formed in the early universe and subsequently
\ngravitationally clustered in association with baryonic matter. <\/p>\n

In
\n principle, WIMPs could be detected in terrestrial experiments through
\ntheir collisions with ordinary nuclei, giving observable low-energy
\n(<100 keV) nuclear recoils. The predicted collision rates are
\nextremely small and require ultra-low background detectors with large
\n(1\u2013100 ton) target masses, located in deep underground sites to
\neliminate neutron background coming from cosmic ray muons.<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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