2009

Dark Matter Candidates

Bergstrom, Lars

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An overview is given of various dark matter candidates.

Among the many suggestions given in the literature, axions, inert Higgs doublet, sterile neutrinos, supersymmetric particles and Kaluza-Klein particles are discussed.
The situation has recently become very interesting with new results on antimatter in the cosmic rays having dark matter as one of the leading possible explanations.
Problems of this explanation and possible solutions are discussed, and the importance of new measurements is emphasized.

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