There is now an enormously rich variety of experimental techniques being brought to bear on experimental searches for dark matter, covering a wide range of suggested forms for it. The existence of "dark matter", in some form or other, is inferred from a number of relatively simple observations and the problem has been known for over half a century. To explain "dark matter" is one of the foremost challenges today - the answer will be of fundamental importance to cosmologists, astrophysicists, particle physicists, and general relativists. In this article, I will give a brief review of the observational evidence (concentrating on areas of current significant activity), followed by anequally brief summary of candidate solutions for the 'dark matter'. I will then discuss experimental searches, both direct and indirect. Finally, I will offer prospects for the future.

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暗物质的实验搜索。

现在有非常丰富的实验技术被用于暗物质的实验搜索，涵盖了暗物质的各种建议形式。某种形式的“暗物质”的存在是从一些相对简单的观察中推断出来的，这个问题已经为人所知半个多世纪了。解释“暗物质”是当今最重要的挑战之一 - 答案对于宇宙学家、天体物理学家、粒子物理学家和广义相对论来说至关重要。在本文中，我将简要回顾观测证据（重点关注当前重要活动的领域），然后同样简短地总结“暗物质”的候选解决方案。然后我将讨论直接和间接的实验搜索。最后，我对未来进行展望。