WIMPs

Concept

Weakly Interacting Massive Particles, a leading candidate for dark matter.

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Videos Mentioning WIMPs

Mapping the Heavens to Understand Dark Matter and Black Holes

Mapping the Heavens to Understand Dark Matter and Black Holes

Fermilab

Weakly Interacting Massive Particles, a leading candidate for dark matter.

What's Going Wrong in Particle Physics? (This is why I lost faith in science.)

What's Going Wrong in Particle Physics? (This is why I lost faith in science.)

Sabine Hossenfelder

A popular candidate for Dark Matter particles that have not been found by experiments since the 1980s, with particle physicists repeatedly adjusting theories about their interaction strength.