WIMP direct detection overview
arXiv:astro-ph/0211500 · doi:10.1016/S0920-5632(03)01327-6
Abstract
This review on weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) dark matter direct detection focuses on experimental approaches and the corresponding physics basics. The presentation is intended to provide a quick and concise introduction for non-specialists to this fast evolving topic of astroparticle physics.
13 pages, 6 figures, invited review for the Proc. XXth Int. Conf. Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics, May 25-30, 2002, Munich, Germany; version includes correction of typo in eqn.2; to appear in Nucl. Phys. B Proc. Suppl