Particle physics today faces the challenge of explaining the mystery of dark matter, the origin
of matter over anti-matter in the Universe, the origin of the neutrino masses, the apparent …

This report provides an extensive review of the experimental programme of direct detection
searches of particle dark matter. It focuses mostly on European efforts, both current and …

Although dark matter is a central element of modern cosmology, the history of how it became
accepted as part of the dominant paradigm is often ignored or condensed into an anecdotal …

In this review article, we discuss the current status of particle dark matter, including
experimental evidence and theoretical motivations. We discuss a wide array of candidates …

There is almost universal agreement among astronomers that most of the mass in the
Universe and most of the mass in the Galactic halo is dark. Many lines of reasoning suggest …

Abstract Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) are among the best-motivated dark
matter candidates. No conclusive signal, despite an extensive search program that …

We review several current aspects of dark matter theory and experiment. We overview the
present experimental status, which includes current bounds and recent claims and hints of a …

The second part of this review is devoted to the Higgs sector of the Minimal Supersymmetric
Standard Model. The properties of the neutral and charged Higgs bosons of the extended …

I provide a pedagogical introduction to supersymmetry. The level of discussion is aimed at
readers who are familiar with the Standard Model and quantum field theory, but who have …

Abstract Particles beyond the Standard Model (SM) can generically have lifetimes that are
long compared to SM particles at the weak scale. When produced at experiments such as …