Do WIMPs rule? Searching for Dark Matter, the LUX and LZ Experiments - D...
Δημοσιεύτηκε στις 18 Ιουν 2015
Speaker: Dan Akerib, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Dark
Matter remains a profound mystery at the intersection of particle
physics, astrophysics, and cosmology. One of the leading candidates, the
Weakly Interacting Massive Particle, or WIMP, may be detectable using
terrestrial particle detectors. Recent technological advances are
enabling very rapid increases in sensitivity in the search for these
particles. I will talk about the LUX experiment, a liquid xenon time
projection chamber, which currently holds the best upper limit over much
of the WIMP mass range. I will also discuss plans for a larger follow
up experiment, LZ, which will just begin to measure a background
neutrino signal that will set a fundamental limit our ability to search
for WIMP dark matter.
Dark
Matter remains a profound mystery at the intersection of particle
physics, astrophysics, and cosmology. One of the leading candidates, the
Weakly Interacting Massive Particle, or WIMP, may be detectable using
terrestrial particle detectors. Recent technological advances are
enabling very rapid increases in sensitivity in the search for these
particles. I will talk about the LUX experiment, a liquid xenon time
projection chamber, which currently holds the best upper limit over much
of the WIMP mass range. I will also discuss plans for a larger follow
up experiment, LZ, which will just begin to measure a background
neutrino signal that will set a fundamental limit our ability to search
for WIMP dark matter.
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