New Directions in the Search for Dark Matter

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2204.03085v1
• Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2022 21:01:38 GMT
• Title: New Directions in the Search for Dark Matter
• Abstract summary: Current observational constraints permit the mass of the dark matter to range from $10-22$ eV - $1048$ GeV. I discuss methods to experimentally probe a wide range of dark matter candidates.
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• Abstract: The identification of the nature of dark matter is one of the most important problems confronting particle physics. Current observational constraints permit the mass of the dark matter to range from $10^{-22}$ eV - $10^{48}$ GeV. Given the weak nature of these bounds and the ease with which dark matter models can be constructed, it is clear that the problem can only be solved experimentally. In these lectures, I discuss methods to experimentally probe a wide range of dark matter candidates.

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