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In astrophysics [See Link], weakly interacting massive particles, or WIMPs, are hypothetical particles serving as one possible solution to the dark matter problem.
If they exist, they will be everywhere.
However, because WIMPs may only interact through gravitational and weak forces, they are extremely difficult to detect.
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DevinWIMPs (Weakly Interacting Massive Particles) are hypothetical particles proposed as candidates for dark matter, a type of matter that makes up most of the mass in the universe. WIMPs are predicted to interact very weakly with regular matter, making them difficult to detect. Many experiments are searching for evidence of WIMPs to better understand the composition of dark matter.
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