2017/03/21 by Giorgio Arcadi, Maíra Dutra, Pradipta Ghosh +5 · 3 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #hep-ph #astro-ph.HE #hep-ex #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-5662-y
101 pages, 20 figures
arxiv created 2017/03/21 · arxiv updated 2018/04/04
Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) are among the best-motivated dark matter candidates. In light of no conclusive detection signal yet despite an extensive search program that combines, often in a complementary way, direct, indirect, and collider probes, we find it timely to give a broad overview of the WIMP paradigm. In particular, we review here the theoretical foundations of the WIMP paradigm, discuss status and prospects of various detection strategies, and explore future experimental challenges and opportunities.