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Why do WIMPs annihilate when they collide and do not, say, deflect?

April 26, 2017annihilate collide deflect wimps

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Why do WIMPs annihilate when they collide and do not, say, deflect?

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It’s possible that they don’t annihilate. However, some of the most plausible theories predicting the existence of WIMPs also predict that the WIMPs do annihilate when they collide, converting their mass to ordinary particles and energy.