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1.6 The number density <strong>of</strong> a stable particle versus time. When 〈σ A v〉 = H,<br />

the particle freezes out and the number density remains constant. The<br />

solid line corresponds to the equilibrium density. The dashed lines<br />

indicate the relic abundance for particles with different annihilation<br />

rates. Particles with larger annihilation rates freeze out later leaving<br />

a smaller relic abundance. Figure from [20]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10<br />

1.7 A boson loop contribution to the Higgs self energy that would exactly<br />

cancel the contribution from its fermion superpartner shown in Fig. 1.1. 12<br />

1.8 Exclusion plot <strong>of</strong> various MSSM theories for parameters in the (m 0 , m 1/2 )<br />

plane for tanβ=10 (left) and tanβ=55 (right). m 1,2 is the GUT gaugino<br />

unification mass, m 0 is the mass <strong>of</strong> the pseudoscalar Higgs. For both<br />

plots µ > 0. Note the light green region indicating the relic abundance<br />

constraints [32]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16<br />

1.9 Some <strong>of</strong> the Feynman diagrams contributing to the spin independent<br />

neutralino nucleon cross section. For some models, couplings <strong>of</strong> the<br />

neutralino to gluons through quark and squark loops becomes important. 18<br />

1.10 (a) The Woods-Saxon form factor for Ge, Si, and Xe. (b) The differential<br />

WIMP elastic scattering rate for Ge, Si, and Xe. (c) The integrated<br />

WIMP elastic scattering rate for Ge, Si, and Xe. Figure from [37]. . . 20<br />

1.11 Plot <strong>of</strong> σ SI per nucleon versus WIMP mass. Exclusion curves for<br />

EDELWEISS (black dashed) [40], <strong>CDMS</strong> I - SUF (blue dashed) [41, 43],<br />

<strong>CDMS</strong> II - SUF (blue solid) [42, 37], ZEPLIN (magenta solid), and<br />

CRESST (magenta dashed). Cyan region corresponds to allowed models<br />

from Fig. 1.8[32]. Red region is the DAMA detection claim [39].<br />

Limitplot courtesy <strong>of</strong> [44]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24<br />

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