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After recalling the motivations for expecting supersymmetry to appear at energies ≲1 TeV, the reasons why the lightest supersymmetric particle is an ideal candidate for cold dark matter are reviewed. Recent calculations of the relic density including coannihilations and rapid annihilations through direct-channel Higgs boson poles are presented. The experimental constraints from LEP and elsewhere on supersymmetric dark matter are reviewed. The potential implications of a Higgs boson weighing about 115 GeV and the recent measurement of the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon are summarized.

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Ellis, J. Supersymmetric Relics. Space Science Reviews 100, 159–173 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1015874329380

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