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The Decade of the Wimp

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The Physics of Fine-Tuning
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Dr. Rocky Kolb (Chicago) discusses the theoretical reasons to expect dark matter to be a Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP), and the prospects for finding one.
This lecture was conducted at the Dennis Sciama Theatre at the Denys Wilkinson Building, Oxford, on September 8, 2016.

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The Physics of Fine-Tuning
People
Rocky Kolb
Keywords
fine-tuning
Physics
science
philosophy of science
astronomy
dark matter
Department: Department of Physics
Date Added: 04/10/2016
Duration: 00:49:13

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