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[Interview] Can Axions Be Dark Matter?
57 minutes Posted Jun 17, 2023 at 10:00 pm.
Intro
WIMPs vs Axions
Observations
Implications for Cosmology
Where axioms come from
Difficulties with observations
How can the results be confirmed or debunked
Open-mindness in science
Gravitational lenses
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We still don't know what is Dark Matter. We can see its effects but we don't know what it's made of. However, with their latest publication, Dr Amruth Alfred suggests that dark matter should be made of axions (which are one of the candidates among other particles).
Paper by Dr Amruth Alfred and his team:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-023-01943-9
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