Understanding the Nature of WIMPS: Bosons or Fermions?

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WIMPs, or Weakly Interacting Massive Particles, are a type of non-baryonic matter whose classification as bosons or fermions remains uncertain. Bosons serve as force carriers, including particles like the Higgs and gluons, while baryons are a subset of fermions. The discussion highlights that weakly interactive neutrinos are confirmed as fermions due to their half-integer spin. The nature of WIMPs as potential fermions is still under investigation, leaving the question of their classification open. Understanding whether WIMPs are bosons or fermions is crucial for dark matter research.
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Are the wimps claimed to be bosons or fermions?
 
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WIMPS is non baryonic matter, Bosons are force carrier particles, such as Higgs, gluons, w and z bosons and photons. Photons is electromagnetic force carrier, w an z boson is weak force, gluons is the strong force. Graviton is the theorized gravity carrier.

Baryons is a form of fermions, whether or not non-Baryonic dark matter form of wimp is a fermion is not confirmed, weakly interactive neutrinos are fermions having a half integer spin.
 

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