A Search for weakly interacting dark matter particles with low temperature detectors capable of simultaneously measuring ionization and heat [electronic resource].
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- Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy. High Energy Physics Division, 1999.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy - Additional Creators
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, United States. Department of Energy. High Energy Physics Division, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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- Summary
- Lots of gravitating material that doesn't emit or absorb light seems to be required in all sensible accounts of the dynamics of large-scale structures in the universe. The nature and extent of this mysterious "dark matter" has been one of the central puzzles in cosmology over the last decade. This dissertation describes an experiment that tests one possibility, that the dark matter is in the form of undiscovered Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) produced as a thermal relic of the big bang. In this chapter, we will review the most important observations that suggest the dark matter must exist and discuss the forms it could take.
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- E 1.99:umi-99-81577
E 1.99: fermilab-thesis-1999-66
fermilab-thesis-1999-66
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- Published through SciTech Connect.
01/01/1999.
"umi-99-81577"
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Sonnenschein, Andrew Harry [UC, Santa Barbara]. - Funding Information
- AC02-07CH11359
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