TL;DR
This paper reviews the status of experimental dark matter searches as of 2014, focusing on direct detection efforts for WIMPs and discussing alternative candidates like axions.
Contribution
It provides a comprehensive overview of the latest experimental results and methodologies in dark matter detection up to 2014.
Findings
New limits set on WIMP-nucleon cross sections in 2014
Advances in underground low-background detector technology
Brief discussion on axion and axion-like particle searches
Abstract
This article gives an overview on the status of experimental searches for dark matter at the end of 2014. The main focus is on direct searches for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) using underground-based low-background detectors, especially on the new results published in 2014. WIMPs are excellent dark matter candidates, predicted by many theories beyond the standard model of particle physics, and are expected to interact with the target nuclei either via spin-independent (scalar) or spin-dependent (axial-vector) couplings. Non-WIMP dark matter candidates, especially axions and axion-like particles are also briefly discussed.
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