Solving
the Dark Matter Problem
Cosmological observations have firmly established that
the majority of matter in the universe is of an unknown type, called "dark
matter". A compelling hypothesis is that the dark matter consists of
weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) in the mass range around 100 GeV.
If the WIMP hypothesis is correct, such particles could be created and studied
at accelerators. Furthermore they could be directly detected as the
primary component of our galaxy. Solving the dark matter problem requires
that the connection be made between the two. We describe some theoretical
and experimental avenues that might lead to this connection.