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Non-Baryonic Dark Matter
•I’m no expert on this stuff (and in some sense NO ONE is).  Particle physicists play in this area more than astronomers.
•Leading candidates include
–Axions.  Cold, low mass, avoid strong CP violation.
–Neutrinos.  Hot, low mass (getting better constrained), lots of them.  SN helps.
–WIMPs.  Gravitino, photino, etc.
–Mirror Matter.  May use in my next novel.
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