Weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) are hypothetical particles that are one of the proposed candidates for dark matter. There exists no formal definition of a WIMP, but broadly, it is an elementary particle which interacts via gravity and any other force (or forces) which is as weak as or weaker than the weak nuclear force , but also ...

2009年10月1日 · WIMPs are Weakly Interacting Massive Particles, hypothetical particles which may be the main (or only) component of Dark Matter, a form of matter which emits and absorbs no light and...

2012年3月30日 · Weakly Interacting Massive Particles, or WIMPs, represent one hypothesized class of particles to explain dark matter.They neither absorb nor emit light and don't interact strongly with other particles. But when they encounter each other, they annihilate and make gamma rays. See http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GLAST/news/dark-matter-insights.html.

weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP), heavy, electromagnetically neutral subatomic particle that is hypothesized to make up most dark matter and therefore some 22 percent of the universe.

2021年7月17日 · One of the earliest candidates for the dark matter particle are the WIMPs, for weakly-interacting massive particles. It’s not so much a name as a catch-all category. In this case,...

2010年11月17日 · Amongst the many dark matter candidates proposed, WIMPs (weakly interacting massive particles) occupy a special place, because they arise naturally from new theories that seek to extend the...

WIMP is an acronym for weakly interacting massive par-ticle and MACHO is an acronym for massive (astrophys-ical) compact halo object. WIMPs and MACHOs are two of the most popular DARK MATTER candidates. They repre-sent two very different but reasonable possibilities of what the dominant component of the universe may be.

2024年4月7日 · WIMPs are so named because they are thought to interact with other particles only through the weak nuclear force and gravity, making them extremely difficult to detect. WIMPs are predicted to be stable, electrically neutral, and have a mass much larger than that of a proton.

2024年4月1日 · Weakly Interacting Massive Particles, or WIMPs, are hypothetical particles that are thought to make up a significant portion of the universe’s dark matter. Dark matter is a mysterious substance that does not emit, absorb, or reflect light, making it invisible and undetectable by traditional telescopes.

Dark matter in the Universe may exist in the form of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles, or WIMPs. One attempt to solve the dark matter problem hypothesizes the existance of an undiscovered particle that was in thermal equilibrium with the very early universe.