The Best Hypothesis About the Nature of Dark Matter Is

Multiple Choice

The best hypothesis about the nature of dark matter is that it consists of particles with no electric charge.What is one reason why dark matter particles must have zero electric charge?

A) They cannot be more massive than an electron.
B) If they did, they would emit photons as they move in external magnetic fields.
C) All charged particles would have been annihilated in particle-antiparticle collisions in the early universe.
D) No elementary particle has electric charge.
E) Charged particles formed only later inside stars.