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cold dark matter comparison table
Subject has location has material is part of is a kind of has volume has frequency has temperature has wavelength has acronym has velocity has acceptance statu obey has momentum has synonym has extent has mass has definition has charge has angular momentum
weakly interacting massive particleor center of gravity dark halocold dark matter inversely proportional to the wavelength inversely proportional to its momentumWIMP hypotheticaluncertainty principle hidden mass  A generic term for a class of hypothetical particle which may form the missing mass. A form of non-baryonic cold dark matter.  

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