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Axions are one of the few particle-physics candidates for dark matter which are well motivated independently of their possible cosmological role. A brief review is given of the theoretical motivation for axions, their possible role in cosmology, the existing astrophysical limits, and the status of experimental searches.

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Raffelt, G. Axions. Space Science Reviews 100, 153–158 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1015822212542

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