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Meanings of WIMP in English
A hypothetical subatomic particle of large mass that interacts weakly with ordinary matter through gravitation; postulated as a constituent of the dark matter of the universe.
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Examples for "weakly interacting massive particle"
Examples for "weakly interacting massive particle"
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The search provides sensitivity to a broad range of new-physics models that yield a stable weakly interacting massive particle.
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The bigger the detector, the more likely it'll catch a weakly interacting massive particle, or WIMP, a hypothesized dark matter particle.
Usage of WIMP in English
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But physicists, especially those favoring the WIMP theory of dark matter, remain skeptical.
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Then wait for a passing WIMP to bang into a xenon atom's nucleus.
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In this scenario, a WIMP would tap an atomic nucleus via the weak force.
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Its eyes were interferometers and WIMP detectors and ghost imagers.
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The chief suspect is also its own antiparticle: Whenever a WIMP meets another WIMP, they annihilate each other.
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However, Cabrera noted that the competing WIMP and MACHO theories dispute only 6 percent of universal matter and energy.
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About a decade ago, when Zumalacárregui was still a PhD student, WIMP researchers were already promising an imminent discovery.
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That left three WIMP candidates.
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The "Metaphors" seminar will preview post-WIMP technology.
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Many experiments search for them by looking for evidence that a WIMP has come by and knocked regular matter around.
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We fit 3903 days of SK data to search for the contribution of neutrinos from WIMP annihilation in the Sun.
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And even though LUX wasn't good enough to catch a WIMP, it was great at catching neutrons and gamma rays.
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For two decades, astronomers have found less dark matter at the centers of galaxies than what WIMP models suggest they should.
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The bigger the detector, the more likely it'll catch a weakly interacting massive particle, or WIMP, a hypothesized dark matter particle.
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If all goes according to plan, a WIMP or two will collide with an argon nucleus, which will emit a flash of light.
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Yet bond investors suggest regulators cannot be relied on to wimp out.
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