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  • noun Plural form of WIMP.

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Examples

  • The detection technique developed by the researchers is based on a number of theoretical studies which point to particles called WIMPs Weakly Interacting Massive Particles as the main constituent of dark matter.

    A Prototype Detector for Dark Matter in the Milky Way | Universe Today 2009

  • The rest must be exotic stuff that scientists have dubbed WIMPs and axions.

    How It All Started 2008

  • The particles are called WIMPs (weakly interacting massive particles).

    A Heavenly Host 2008

  • An experiment in Minnesota is the first to bolster a long-contested claim that detectors a continent away have found evidence of particles called WIMPs.

    Wired Top Stories Ron Cowen 2011

  • By studying the data on this radiation, Hooper and Goodenough calculated that dark matter must be made of particles called WIMPs (weakly interacting massive particles) with masses between 7.3 and 9.2 GeV (giga electron volts) - almost nine times the mass of a proton.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2010

  • By studying the data on this radiation, Hooper and Goodenough calculated that dark matter must be made of particles called WIMPs (weakly interacting massive particles) with masses between 7.3 and 9.2 GeV (giga electron volts) - almost nine times the mass of a proton.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2010

  • By studying the data on this radiation, Hooper and Goodenough calculated that dark matter must be made of particles called WIMPs (weakly interacting massive particles) with masses between 7.3 and 9.2 GeV (giga electron volts) almost nine times the mass of a proton.

    msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines 2010

  • By studying the data on this radiation, Hooper and Goodenough calculated that dark matter must be made of particles called WIMPs (weakly interacting massive particles) with masses between 7.3 and 9.2 GeV (giga electron volts) almost nine times the mass of a proton.

    msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines 2010

  • Nobody knows exactly what dark matter is, but the leading theoretical model posits that it is made of up of particles called WIMPs (weakly interacting massive particles).

    New Scientist - Space 2009

  • Nobody knows exactly what dark matter is, but the leading theoretical model posits that it is made of up of particles called WIMPs (weakly interacting massive particles).

    New Scientist - Space 2009

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