2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/46870After a short review of the arguments for the existence of Particle Dark Matter in the Universe, I list the most plausible candidates provided by particle physics, i.e. neutrinos, axions, and WIMPs. In each case I briefly describe how to estimate the relic density, and discuss attempts at detecting these particles. At the end I discuss my personal favorite, the lightest supersymmetric particle, in a little more detail.13 pages, LaTeX with equation.sty, no figures; invited talk given at the 12th DAE Symposium, Guwahati, Assam, India, Dec. 1996High Energy Physics - Phenomenologytext