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In [[astrophysics]] '''SIMP''' is an abbreviation of '''Strongly Interacting Massive Particle'''. SIMPs could form the inferred [[dark matter]] despite their strong interactions with ordinary matter.<ref name="wand">B. D. Wandelt, R. Dave, G. R. Farrar, P. C. McGuire, D. N. Spergel and P. J. Steinhardt, ''Self-Interacting Dark Matter'', Marina del Rey 2000, Sources and detection of dark matter and dark energy in the universe, 263 (2000), [http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0006344 preprint].</ref>