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Hypothetical particle
A strongly interacting massive particle (SIMP ) is a hypothetical particle that
interacts strongly between themselves and
weakly with ordinary matter, but could form the inferred
dark matter despite this.
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Strongly interacting massive particles have been proposed as a solution for the
ultra-high-energy cosmic-ray problem
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[5] and the absence of
cooling flows in galactic clusters .
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Various experiments and observations have set constraints on SIMP dark matter from 1990 onward.
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SIMP annihilations would produce significant heat.
DAMA set limits with NaI(Tl) crystals.
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Measurements of
Uranus 's heat excess exclude SIMPs from 150 MeV to 104 GeV.
[14] Earth's heat flow significantly constrains any cross section.
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See also
References
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