2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/41144We study the direct detection of supersymmetric dark matter in the light of recent experimental results. In particular, we show that regions in the parameter space of several scenarios with a neutralino-nucleon cross section of the order of $10^{-6}$ pb, i.e., where current dark matter detectors are sensitive, can be obtained. These are supergravity scenarios with intermediate unification scale, and superstring scenarios with D-branes.Talk given at COSMO-01, Rovaniemi, Finland, August 29-September 4, 2001. Latex, 13 pages, 7 figuresHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenologytext