The waning of the WIMP? A review of models, searches, and constraints

Eur Phys J C Part Fields. 2018;78(3):203. doi: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-5662-y. Epub 2018 Mar 10.

Abstract

Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) are among the best-motivated dark matter candidates. No conclusive signal, despite an extensive search program that combines, often in a complementary way, direct, indirect, and collider probes, has been detected so far. This situation might change in near future due to the advent of one/multi-TON Direct Detection experiments. We thus, find it timely to provide a review of the WIMP paradigm with focus on a few models which can be probed at best by these facilities. Collider and Indirect Detection, nevertheless, will not be neglected when they represent a complementary probe.

Publication types

  • Review